The Dark Rainbow Crystals Chapter 2

                              By Black Rose aka moonpower

 

 Early the next morning, Hotaru was already up and starring out her

 window. "It's so beautiful," she thought looking at the sunrise. She

 walked over to the bed got her cloths, put them on, and left her

 room. She considered that sitting in the rose garden would be the

 best pleases to view the rest of the sunrise. 

 She would sometime spin time with the Queen and her mother working

 in the garden. 

 When she got to her distention she sat down on the bench. 

 She looked at the pink rose that Rini and she planted the other day.

 "I wish she was here with me," She thought with a sigh. As if on

 que, she heard someone running up to her. She turned her head to see

 a pink haired woman running towards her.

   As Rini ran up to the Palace she saw her best friend setting by

 herself.

 "What is Hotaru doing?" she wondered as she stopped in front of her.

 "Good morning, Hotaru," Rini said.

 "Oh, good morning Princess,"Hotaru answered getting up and bowing to

 her.

 "What are you looking at?"She inquired has she scanned the area for

 the point of inertest.

 "I'm watching the sunrise. Would you like to join me? She asked

 moving over to the side so there is room for her to set down. The

 princess just nodded and sat down. The two young ladies just sat here

 is silence watching the beauty in the sky. The sun was making all the

 roses sparkle like a light hitting a chandelier.

 

 "My ladies, your breakfast is ready," voiced the maid gazing down

 into the gardens. The two looked up and smiled.

 "Thank you, we'll be right in," replied Rini then glanced over at

 her friend.  "She has really pretty eyes," she thought. Hotaru got

 up, turned to the Princess, and noticed that she was being looked at. 

 "Why, is she starring at me like that?" she wondered just then they

 hared a rumble.

 Rini looked down at her tummy, then back at Hotaru, and smiled. They

 both started to laugh.

 "Oh, sorry come on lets get going," the Princess replied walking

 back into the Palace.

 Hotaru just followed beside her. They stopped once at Rini's room,

 so she could put some different pair of clothes on. As she was

 putting on her clothes her thought stated to wander. ("Why was I

 starring at her like that"?) She when walked out of her room.

 On the way to the dinning room they ran into Diana and Momoko coming

 out of the library with their hair all messed up. The girls stopped

 and looked at the lovebirds. 

 "What were you guys up to?" asked Rini trying to keep a straight

 face. Diana and Momoko got very red.

 Hotaru and Rini couldn't keep it in any longer they busted out in a

 fit of laughter. About a minute later the two friends stopped

 laughing, and looked back at the newly engaged pair.

 "Sorry about that," apologize Hotaru.

 "I'm sorry, too. Come on, we need to get to the dinning room before

 all the food is gone," replied Rini.

 "Ya, before our sweet lovely Princess gets really hungry gets really

 hungry," Hotaru voiced with a little smile to the princess, started

 to walk past her, and down the hall.

 Diana and Momoko just giggled walking past Rini, who had very

 schlock face. She so followed her friends.

 "Why dose Hotaru make me blush when she says things like that," Rini

 thought.

 As they entered the dinning room, they took their sets and started

 to eat their breakfast. As everyone was talking amongst, Rini was in

 deep thought.

 "Why is this bothering me, it's not like she likes me," "Or is it

 that I like her? Why are my thoughts so consumed by her?"  She

 sighed. Her mother caught it and turned to her daughter.

 "Rini is everything alright?"

 Rini just gave a little smile saying that she was fine.

                                      

 After breakfast Rini, Diana, and Trista went to the study to look

 over some paper work dealing with the crystals. As they entered, they

 saw Amy peering at the some book.

 "Hello Amy," Diana said going up to her

 "Hello," Amy said not looking up from her book. Rini sat down,

 grabbed a book, and started to look through it.

 "From what we knew, they have side affects, and that Hotaru is

 having dreams about them," Trista informed them.

 "Are you saying that my best friend is having dreams similar to the

 ones that my father had previously?" asked Rini looking up at Trista.

 "Yes" 

                      

 While walking around to the mall, Hotaru, Michelle, and Darien were

 trying to think of something to get Rini and Helios for there wedding.

 "I can't believe that our little princess is getting married,"

 Michelle said.

 "I knew, am so happy for them," Hotaru replied.

 "I don't know, I think that Helios isn't supposed to marry my

 daughter," replied the King.

 "Why?" asked Michelle while looking at a dress in the window display

 walked by.

 "I just have this feeling in my soul that there is someone better

 then Helios," he replied.

 "How could that be?" Hotaru asked.

 "I have an idea, that it's someone very close to her."

 "Well anyway I think we better get to the mall before it gets too

 late," Michelle suggested.

 "Right," the other two said.

 As they got closer to the mall, Hotaru was thinking, flashes of her

 dream went though her head. "Hotaru help me!" someone yelled in side

 her head. At the very same time, Hotaru screamed in pain holding her

 head. Her body started to fall to the ground, but Darien caught her. 

 "Hotaru, are alright?" Michelle asked with a worried tone.

 A man in his late twenties came out of the one of the stores, and

 ran into them. People started too gathered around.

  "Oh, I'm sorry about that," he replied with a little bow, then

 walked away. Hotaru gazed up and saw the crystal in his eyes. The

 crystal was a dark red, like blood.

 "Mother, he…. has… a…. crystal," she whispered before she passed out.

 Darien and Michelle looked over to the man that just walked in to

 them. They looked at one another, and nodded.

 "Michelle, take her back to the palace, and then tell my wife what

 happened here," Darien ordered her, and started to walk off in the

 direction the man went.

 She nodded, picked up her daughter, and turned towards the palace.

 When she got to the palace she put Hotaru in her room, and then went

 to tell the Queen.

 

 Hotaru was looking around. "Where am I?"

 "Hotaru, you alright?" asked a soft voice. Hotaru looked around, and

 found the person that was talking to her. It was Sailor Saturn.

 Hotaru couldn't do anything; she just sat there looking at herself.

  "It's ok Hotaru, I won't heart you," holding her hand out to help

 her up. Hotaru took her hand and got up.

 "What's going on here, why do you look like me?"

 "I look like you because I am you; your sailor part."

 "Oh…. Why? Did I pass out?"

  "I think it was the crystal, but from what I can tell we're alright."

 "Well, that's good." Hotaru said looking around to see were she was.

 "Hotaru!" a voice was heard. Saturn looked around trying to find out

 were the voice was coming from. She held Hotaru protectively.

 "It's Rini." with shock in her voice

 "Yes, the Princess, I think you have better get up, see what is

 going on, and remember if you need to talk just think of me and I'll

 be here."

 "Right"

 "Don't worry, Rini, she'll wake up soon," Trista said.

 "It's mother," Hotaru said.

 "We need to wake up," replied Saturn hugging Hotaru. They both

 closed their eyes. When she opened her eyes this time she saw that

 she was in her room. She looked around to see Trista, and Princess

 Rini talking about something at the end of her bed.

  The Princess turn her head to the right to see her friend getting

 off her bed, she walked really fast over to her ,and gave her a hug,

 She was thanking God that she was safe, healthy, and awake.

 "Taru-Chan, are you feeling better?"

 She nodded, "What's up with the nickname?"  Hotaru thought as she

 hugged back

 

 At the other end of the city, Darien followed the man to the beach

 were he stopped.

 "What do you what?" he asked

 "What is you name?" Darien asked taking out a red rose from is coat.

 "Zack" turning around to see a while flash, he closed his eyes from

 the light.

 When the light dimmed down, The King of Crystal Tokyo was standing

 there.

 "My King" he said bowed down.

 "Zack, there is something I need form you."

 I knew what you asking of me," (he pauses for a moment) "the crystal."

 The King just looks on in shock. "How do you..."

 "My mother told me, before she died, she said that she been having a

 repeating dream," (he turned back around) "There's this woman with

 long pink hair standing next to my mother and telling her that her

 son will have one of the seven Dark Rainbow Crystals, but only

 Princess Saturn could have it."

 The King pondered. The realization that Rini and Hotaru could both

 be connected to possession of the crystals began to set in his mind.

 The sickening feeling that his only daughter could be in peril seeped

 into the king's soul; the link between Rini and Hotaru, to the

 crystals alluded and deeply troubled him.

 "Honey!" someone yelled from behind them. They turned around to see

 the queen running up to them, with Neptune, Uranus, and Mercury just

 behind her.

 "Darien, are you alright?" "I came as soon as I heard from Neptune."

 "I'm fine, but we have a problem, Saturn is the only one that can

 have the crystal."

 "Why Hotaru?" asked Neptune. She could feel sadness deep down in her

 that her only daughter is in danger again.

 "From what I can tell; Saturn is linked to this crystal, I'm certain

 of that," Darien said.

 "He's right, we need Saturn here, or we would able to get it,"

 Mercury said while tipping on her mini computer.

 "Are you certain, Mercury?" asked the Queen.

 "Very certain," she replied.

 "I'll call her," the King said taking is cell out.

 

 Hotaru was in her office looking out the window. She just got done

 talking to the King, saying that they need her to come to the beach

 on the west side of the city. She didn't know why, but said that she

 would be there as soon as she could.

   "Why me?" she though at the sometime there was a knock at the door

 taking. This took her out of her thoughts.

 "Come in." The door opened, and a woman about 28 years old came in.

 She had a greenish-black dress on, with black hair and a long ponytail

 "Hello, Seiya,"

 "Ya, How is very thing going?" as she sat down. The room was about

 the size of a small classroom. It had two big windows on both sides

 of the room, and about eighty different lamps.

 I'm alright; I got a call from the King. He asked me to come to the

 west side of the city, something about the crystal."

 Seiya looked a little worried about this, she had heard about the

 crystals from Trista, and didn't like were this was going. What mad

 this even more upsetting was the idea that she couldn't help.

 "I'm not sure what to say."

 "You don't have to worry Seiya-mama, but if you would like to come

 with me, I wouldn't mind."

 She was glad that she could help with something.

 "Well take our car, if you would like," a voice said from behind

 them. The two turned around to see who it was.

 "Thanks mother," replied Hotaru with a smile, she was happy to have

 a caring family. She walked over to her desk to get her coat and back

 to her mothers. Then the trio went out the door.

 As the three to the car, a white convertible rolled up next to them.

 The doors opened, Rini and Helios came out.

 "Where are you guys off too?" asked Rini walking around the car a

 stand next to her fiancé.

 "Your father called and need to see Hotaru right away," Trista told

 her, then got it to the front seat of the car.

 "Later guys," Seiya said while getting into the driver seat and

 closed the door. Hotaru just got in and closed the door, and they

 took off. As soon as the car was out of sight, Rini let go of Helios.

 He looked at her.

 "I'm going; I need to speak with my mother about something." She

 kisses him and walking in to the Palace. He just nodded, got back

 into the car, and drove off.

  As Rini walked down the hall to her mother's office, she ran into

 Venus, and her little girl.

 "Well, hello Venus, and you too Dainae" Dainae was eight year old.

 She has blond hair like her mother. She is wearing a blue spaghetti

 strap dress with little pink rose all around it.

 "Hello Princess, we're you off too?" asked Venus holding onto

 Dainae's hand.

  "I'm on my way too see my mother, I need to speck to her."

 "Oh, I think your mother told me that she heard from Neptune that

 they were going to the west side beach."

 "Why did she go there?"

 "I think it was because they found the first crystal." "I think its

 time for a nap," Venus said in low voice looking down at a tired

 little girl, who was falling asleep. "I'm going to get this little

 one to bed, I'll talk to you later Princess," She said walking way.

 

 Rini just stand there thinking to herself. Then it hit her, wasn't

 that were Hotaru was going with Trista, and Seiya. She ran to her

 room, got her keys, got on her motorcycle, and drove off as fast as

 she could go.

 "I'm coming Taru-chan." At the same time she transformed into her

 sailor uniform.

 

   Darien turned his head when he heard a car stop. Three females got

 out of the car and approached them.

 "Is that they guy?" asked Trista looking right a Zack.

 "Yes" 

 Zack turned around, looked right at Hotaru, "I knew she come."

 He walked up to her and held his hand out to her. Hotaru just looked

 at him then at the hand, and back at him.

 "Please, take my hand Saturn, it's the only way."

 She nodded and slowly gave him her hand. As she took his hand his

 body started to get very hot, it was even turning sand into to glass.

 Then with a blinding light the body was gone and the blood crystal

 fell into Hotaru's hand. At that very moment Rini rode up, she

 shielded her eyes form the light, as she got off her bike, and ran

 over to her parents.

 "What happened." She asked approaching them.

 "I don't know," answered her mother.

 As the light dimmed down, they all say that Hotaru was on her knees.

 Rini toke off to see if her friend was alright.

 "Taru-chan, you alright?"

 "Rini, we're you, I can't see you?" she asked looking left and right.

 "What are you talking about?" "I'm right in front of you." Then she

 scanned her friend's body for any ingress, and notices at that her

 eyes were a milky white color.

 Hotaru moved her hands and touched her friends face. Rini just

 looked at her, she couldn't take it any more.

 "Mercury, get over here now!" The other ran over to them. Rini help

 Hotaru to her feet.

 "What happened?" asked Mercury looking at Hotaru

 "Well, other then I can't see a thing, I feel find," Hotaru said

 turning her head to everyone. The shock went though everyone.

 "Would you stop panicking, you're starting to scare me."

 "Kitten…." Uranus started then stops.

 "I can feel you guys looking at me," she answered

 "Mercury, what do you think?" asked the King

 "It's the side effect from the crystal, I tell you that much." She

 said scanning the crystal in Hotaru's hand.

 "Do you knew how long it will last?" asked the Queen.

 "It's hard to tell, I don't have all the information at this time to

 say," she replied.

 "Well, we better get you home Hotaru," said Neptune taking her

 daughter to the car and driving home.

 "You coming Rini?" asked her mother

 "I think I'm going to stay here a while ok," she replied turning

 started to walk down the beach

 "Alright, but done be to long dear," and walked back to her car.

 

   As Rini walked down the beach, she could feel the wind blowing

 past her. She stops and looked out at the sea. The feel she was

 getting was different and new to her. 

 "What is this feeling?"

 "What are you doing out her, by yourself?" asked a person. Rini

 looked beside her; it was a little girl about ten years old with dark

 eyes, and long black hair. She wears a blue dress with a white hat.

 "What are you doing?" she asked again.

 "Just thing"

 "About what?"

 "You're a curious little kitten, aren't you?" The little girl just

 looked up and smiled.

 "You look upset?"

 "You could say that" she kneeled down "What's your name?"

 "Oh, sorry about that, my name is Sierra," she answered with a

 little curtsy.

 "Well Sierra, I have a friend that just lost her sight."

 "Oh, is she alright?"

 "I hope so."

 "Shouldn't you be with her, it's seem that you really care about her."

 "I wanted to, but…"

 "What are you afraid of, it's not like you're in love with her?" "I

 mean you have Helios." "Do you really need her in your life?"

 "What did you just say?" Rini asked turning her head to Sierra, but

 she wasn't there.

 Rini looked around but couldn't find her.

 "Where did she go?" After about a minute she got back on her bike,

 and rode home.

 

   On the other side of the city, Sierra walked in to the park, and

 sat next to the lake, and looked up at the stars. They looked like

 little fireflies dancing around.

 "There really pretty aren't they?" A woman said walking up to

 Sierra. She looked to be in her middle twenties with long hair, and

 violet eyes. She sat down, and looks up at the stars with Sierra.

 "They say that if you see a shooting star and the first person that

 you think of will become your soul mate."

 "Do you really believe that mother?" she asked as she lied down on

 her mother's lap.

 Her mother didn't say any thing just looked up at eh stars. Sierra

 looked up; she could see the pain in her mother's eyes, as if a knife

 was digging into her heart really slowly. She knew her mother has

 been trying for years to see a shooting star. A tear hit her face.

 She looked up and saw her mother crying. It was something that she

 had to get use to. She that is way she sworn that she would kill them

 for what they did.