"Rini, please leave me alone!!!!!'

"No, Serena. Not until you take me to the park!"

"I can't take you to the park today."

"Why not?"

"Because....."Serena started. "....I...uh...hehe......have to do my......ummm....homwork."

"Oh, right , Serena. When's the last time you did your homework? Besides, it's Saturday!"

Serena could tell that Rini wasn't giving up without a fight.

"Rini, how about I take you to the temple and you go with Rei?"

"Hmmm.....ummmm....no. I want you to take me."

Serena walked over to Rini, who was sitting on the bed.

"Why would you want me to take you? You don't even like me." there was a bit of sadness in her voice. She seriously was beginning to think that Rini didn't like her.

"Well......I do a little bit...."Rini said as she smiled.

Serena didn't take the joke. Luna walked in the door and looked at Serena.

"Hey, Luna. Where's Diana? Have you seen her today?" Rini picked up Luna and set her on the bed.

"Actually, I think she and Artemis went on a walk to the park wth Mina."

"They went to the park?!" Rini yelled. "Why didn't they take me, too?!"

She ran out of the room, yelling. Luna jumped off the bed and walked over to Serena.

"What's her problem?" Luna asked suspiciously.

"Oh don't mind her, Luna. She's just being a brat again. She wants me to take her to the park, but I told her that I can't go."

"And what would be the reason that is stopping you from taking Rini to the park?"

"Well..hehe..actually I can go, but I didn't want to take that little monster to the park." Serena waited for the explosion from Luna.

"Serena!!" Luna yelled. "She is your daughter! You should spend your time with her now!" Luna looked worried for a minute. "Espically since she doesn't have much time left here in the past..."A tear came to Luna's eye. "And when she leaves, Diana will have to go with her...I'm just afraid that Artemis is getting to attached to her."

"Well, she is a really cute kitten," Serena said, picking up Luna and holding her close to her. "Don't worry, Luna."

"Oh I guess I'm just dreading the day that they leave, thats all."

Serena thought for a moment.

"I'm going to miss Rini alot, too. She may be a brat sometimes, but she can be sweet, too. But when she leaves, it would probably make her happy..."

"What do you mean, Serena?"

"It's Rini... I'm seriously beginning to think that she hates me...." A small tear came to her eye.

Luna walked over to the door, as if to leave. "Don't tell yourself that, Serena. Rini loves you. You're her mother." Luna comforted her.

Serena walked over to Luna, picked her up, kissed her head, and set her back down. "Thank you, Luna."

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"DIANA!!!!! WAIT UP!!!!"

Diana turned her head around to see who was calling her name. She smiled as she turned around and ran towards Rini.

"Hey, Rini," Mina said as she followed Diana. Rini was breathing very heavily. She looked like she was very dehydrated. Rini collapsed in a yard. Mina, Diana, and Artemis ran over to Rini, who was lying on the ground.

"Rini? Can you hear me?" Artemis asked. He looked worried. Diana licked her nose.

"Rini! Wake up!" Diana yelled.

"Quiet, Diana. You don't want someone to hear you!"

"Oh yeah. Sorry, Mina. I forgot."

Mina picked up Rini, and held her close to her. She looked scared. Diana was crying. Mina yelled out "Help!", but no one answered her cry. Finally she saw Darien walking home from the arcade. "Darien!" Mina yelled. He looked in her direction. He didn't understand what was going on until he saw her running towards him, with Rini in her arms. While she was running, Rini opened one eye and looked up at Mina. Mina stopped running and looked down at Rini. "Rini, are you okay?" Mina asked.

"Yep,'' she answered, giggling.

''Rini, that was not funny!"Mina yelled.

"Yeah," Artemis chimed in. "You really gave us a scare!"

"Come on, Rini. Let's go to the park," Dairen suggested. He began to walk, with Rini on his back, towards the park. He turned around.

Mina, Artemis, and Diana just stared at them, blank expressions on their face.

"You coming or not?" Rini asked.

Mina picked up Diana as she and Artemis ran to catch up with Darien and Rini. All the way there, Rini was singing,"We're going to the parrrrrk, we're going to the parrrrrk!" smiling the whole way.

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Rei stood at the entrance of the temple tapping the floor with her foot, impatiently. Her arms were crossed across her chest, with a grim expression on her face.

"Where is she??" she murmured to herself.

Serena peeked her head around the stone pillar at the front of the temple. "Ummm.....hehe.....hi Rei....uhhh....how's it going??" Serena asked stupidly as she walked up to Rei.

"SERENA!!" she yelled. "Where have you been? You're so late! I've been waiting 3 hours!! You don't even need to be here now! I've already had Chad stop his training to help me clean, which is the only reason I invited you! I'm not even sure why i picked you, but Ami is studying for her finals, which you should be doing also, Lita is cooking for some party, and Mina took Artemis and Diana to the park!"

Serena broke out into tears and fell to her knees. "I'm really sorry Rei but you dont have to yell! It's just that right now my life is getting really complicated. There have been a whole bunch of attacks lately, I have to take care of Rini, I have to babysit Sammy more often now, and everyone is being really mean and yelling at me because I'm not studying for my finals, because Rini is always bugging me so it's really hard to study and..."

"Oh, Serena, I'm sorry for yelling, but sometimes you make me so mad. I was just upset that's all," Rei said, putting her arms arund Serena's shoulders, and helping her up.

"Well....*sniff*...what are we going to do now that you've cleaned the temple already?"

"Well, I guess we could start studying for the exams," Rei said hopefully.

"Well....I guess....."

"Great!" Rei exclaimed."I'll go get my textbooks!"

Mina and Darien sat on a bench while Rini slid down the slide over and over with some friends she had quickly made. They talked about the weather and how there had been so many youma attacking the city recently. Darien commented that maybe there was another fight as big as the fight with Beryl was, coming up. Mina told him she hoped not. They felt themselves leaning closer to each other. "Why do i feel so attracted to Mina all of the sudden? You're supposed to be in love with Serena remember?" Darien thought to himself. "Hey, Mina, get it together, babe. You can't love Darien, " a small voice told her. "He loves Serena. And you can't do that to her, she's your best friend." Suddenly Darien turned her face towards his and kissed her. Mina gasped but then closed her eyes and kissed him back. "What the hell am I doing???" a voice asked in his head. "Oh well,"it said. "She seems to be enjoying it so don't stop now."

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING!!??" Rini screamed at the top of her lungs. "WHERE'S MOMMY?? WHY ARE YOU KISSING MINA??" Now Rini was crying. "How could you do this to Serena?? I can't believe you!!" Rini ran off crying, and hid somewhere in the park. Darien and Mina's faces were bright red.

"I gotta find Rini," Darien said, running off after her. Mina leaned back agains the bench and sighed, wondering how she was ever going to be able to look Serena in the eye again.

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"Rei, I am way tired from studying. Could we call it a night?" Serena asked stubbornly.

"No way, Serena. We've only been studying for a half hour," Rei said. "And we've only covered one topic."

"But Rei.....I'm so tired...."Serena whined.

"Get it together Serena,"Rei yelled in her face. "You want to go on to high school, right? Then you gotta study for your finals!!"

"Fine...."

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"Rini come out of there!"

"No. Why were you kissing Mina??"

"I can't explain that right now, Rini,"

Rini ran out from the structure she was hiding under and ran over to Mina and began slapping her face.

"What's wrong with you, Mina???" Rini screamed in her face and ran off into the distance. Mina began to chase after Rini, but Darien held her back.

"Don't worry about her.  She'll come back sooner or later,"Darien told Mina.

"I sure hope so.."

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Lita wiped the sweat off of her forehead. "Phew!" she sighed. "Whoever thought cooking would be such a chore?"  She had been cooking for 3 hours straight and was straining over the sink, trying desperately trying to peel the potatos as fast as she could.  Suddenly there was a knock at her door.  "Hold on a sec!" she cried out.  She quickly rinsed her hands under the running water and wiped them off on a towel hanging from the handle of the refrigerator.  She ran to answer the door.  When she opened it, she found a tall woman standing there.

"Hello, Lita?"

"Yes thats me, can i help you with something?" She had a questioning look on her face.

"I presume then, you're also Sailor Jupiter?"  With an evil laugh, she transformed into an even taller woman, wearing a long white dress.

"Who are you!?" Lita cried. "What is this?" She fell to the ground as snow was blown into her apartment freezing everything.  Lita held up her hand and yelled "Jupiter power!!!" She transformed and ran after the woman who had fled.

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Serena heard her communicator beeping. She pulled it out of her bag, and pushed the button. She saw Lita's worried face.

"Hey Lita, whats up?"

"Serena you and Rei need to get over here fast!"

"Where are you Lita???"

"At the park! Hurry!"

"Don't worry Lita, we're on our way"

Serena looked at Rei who just stared at her. "What's going on Serena?"

"Change of plans, Rei, no more studying for us!" She grabbed Rei's arm and ran out the door,

dragging Rei behind her.