Hey guys, I'm BEYOND sorry for the long update and trust me; I have a lot of ideas going on for this fanfiction. Been busy surviving and passing my first semester at the University! I'm also taking summer one and summer two classes. This chapter has been re-edited by xMissWhitneyBexx and all the credit goes to her.

Here's to chapter seven, happy reading.

"Rini!"

"RINI!"

"RINI, WHERE ARE YOU?" Darien and Serena yelled through the pouring rain with the thunder adding a sound effect to the city's weather's condition.

Serena was leading by running to all the places where she and her daughter would go to. Darien tags along because he cares for both the mother of his child and Rini.

"So far; Serenity's not at either of her friends' homes or the comic book store. I wonder what happened to her to take off like this?" The blonde woman said recalling the other places that just recently visited.

"Don't worry Rena, we'll find her. Maybe she's somewhere that she loves and just to have fun." The raven-haired man said pointing out a fact and remembers how Serena acted when she was younger. "Since we're together trying to find our daughter, when are you going to tell her about me?" Darien asked her as they kept running.

"Now is not the time Darien!" Serena said being serious and trying to find her daughter.

"NOW is the TIME Serena!" The raven-haired to bring up the subject again.

The thunder cracks in the air with the blonde woman jumped in fear making her stop in her tracks.

"Oh god, I HATE thunder!" Serena said complaining covering her ears and closed her eyes.

Darien stops in his place and only standing two steps away from his ex-girlfriend. "I thought you grew out of it." He said being honest.

The blonde woman's eyes widened as she uncovered her ears and walking towards him. "Grew out of it? Are you kidding me?" Serena repeated his question being serious. "How do you grow out of being fear of something that has scared you you're whole life?" She said being face to face with her ex-boyfriend. "Have you ever been locked outside of your house for three hours in a middle of a thunderstorm with no house key and everyone is out of the house as a kid?" The blonde stated a fact that happened to her as a kid. "You became afraid every second that you would be struck by lightning? I can NEVER get over that Darien! But now I have to block it out because my daughter is out there in the rain and scared out of her mind." The blonde woman said being serious. "What scares you to death?" Serena asked.

"What scares me to death is losing you to somebody else which is already happening right now! You know how worried I was for you while I was away in America? I thought you went into deep depression, went on an eating disorder, or worse!" Darien answered the mother of his child's question being serious and kept his eyes focus on her blue eyes. "What's scaring me right now is my daughter will look at your boyfriend as her father instead of me!" He said taking a few steps to stand in front of her. "What scares me to death is not to have you in my life. You and Rini not being a part of my world, does that answer your question?" The raven-haired man replied with his face close to her.

"Why did you have to wait until now to tell me? You could have told me this eight years ago!" Serena said being in complete shock her hands being in mid-air.

"I was young, dumb, and stupid back then Serena. I still love you!" Darien confesses as he gazed into her eyes and lightly puts his hands on her face then leans in for a kiss.

The blonde woman was in shock feeling her ex-boyfriends lips onto hers and the way he kissed her was with passion. She thought about giving in and wanted so much to kiss him again. Serena stepped back and slaps him. "I'm with Seiya right now and my daughter is missing in this weather and to top it off you kissed me! After eight years later and the last time we kissed is the day we conceived Serenity." She said being pissed and shaking her head. "You always have the worst timing in everything, don't you Darien?" Serena said folded her arms in front of her chest.

The raven-haired man was still in shock from being slapped by the mother of his child and being stunned by her words. "Of course, I know you're with that singer; you don't need to remind me!" Darien replied being serious. "You don't think I know that and she's not your daughter; but my daughter, OUR daughter is out here in Tokyo? If you don't let me see Serenity then I will take you to court Serena and I really don't want to do that!" He pointed an outcome. "You always know that I will always love you and I'll love you until the day I die. Sue me for having bad timing Rena; you should know me about now." Darien said shaking his head.

Serena eyes widen and walking towards him again. "You're willing to drag an eight-year-old through hell just so she can see her own father?" She rephrased Darien's question. "Let me remind you for the final time; YOU left me and our unborn daughter then telling me to get rid of her! From the time she was born, I became a single mom, part-time student, and had a part-time job. At least you had your twenties while I had to work the majority of my twenties by raising Serenity." The blonde woman said speaking her emotions out that's been held up for years with the rain coming down hard on the two of them. "You think I wanted to be pregnant as a teenager? No I didn't but it's a part of life and things happen for a reason. For the record Darien; I sent something over to your office and you should receive some paperwork tomorrow." She replied and tilted her head as she runs to a tree to cover her from the weather while the raven-haired followed her movement.

"What's the paperwork you sent over?" Darien asked wanting to know.

"You'll find out when you get it. Come on, I have to think where Rini would go to in this weather." The blonde woman changed the subject.

"Tell me now Serena!" He demanded and still kept his eyes on her.

"Focus on trying to find your daughter through this weather! Oh god were such bad parents!" Serena said as she paced through the small covered area.

"Hey," Darien said calmly he placed both of his hands on her shoulders to make Serena stop in her place. "You're not the bad parent; I am. Here's my vow to you and our daughter; I vow to be there for our daughter for this I swear to you, Serena. You know I never break a promise." He replied being natural but serious. "What other place do you think Rini likes to go to?" The raven-haired man asked her.

"The arcade! Maybe she's with Andrew right now." She answered his question.

"Come on, let's go!" Darien said lightly taking her hand into his hand then leading the two their way going to The Game Center Crown.

The Game Center Crown

The former couple ran inside of Game Center and catching their breath as they walked towards the countertop. Serena rings the bell six times quickly.

"OKAY, OKAY! I'LL BE RIGHT THERE!" Andrew yells from the kitchen.

"DREW IT'S US! HAS RINI CAME BY HERE?" The blonde woman yelled in concern.

"What do you mean 'us' Rena?" A dirty blonde man asked coming from the kitchen and walking towards the countertop. "Darien's here with you?" Andrew asked being confused looking at Serena.

"Have you seen Rini coming by here?" The raven-haired asked as he looked at his best friend.

"No, no I haven't. Is everything alright?" Andrew asked, reaching into a bottom shelf as he got out two towels. "You guys are soaked to the bone and dry yourselves off." He said handing the former couple towels.

Serena and Darien thanked their friend for the towels and quickly dried themselves.

"No; everything is not alright! I was on my way to pick up Serenity from school and I was running just a little behind. I thought she would be on the steps and she wasn't." The blonde woman answered her friend's question then placed the towel around her shoulders. "I checked all of her friends' houses and she's not there. I started going to all the places Rini would go and I ran into Darien." She explained herself.

"I offer to help find Rini because Serena got scared and I've been with her of all the places our daughter would go to." The raven-haired man spoke, the word 'daughter' rolling off his tongue as he dried his hair.

Andrew shook his head side to side of not seeing his goddaughter. "I haven't seen her came in yet and I know she would always come around this time about now; just in case you stay behind at your job." He stated a fact and seeing the time to be near five o'clock. "Let me get you guys cups of coffee on the house." The dirty blonde man replied getting two coffee mugs out.

"Thank you, Drew but I can't think about having coffee right now," Serena said, worriedly and getting up from her seat. "Thank you for your help Darien and I got it from here." She stated seriously.

"Serena, I'm still coming with you-"

"You did ENOUGH okay? I got it from here. I'll call you when I find Rini." The blonde woman cut off Darien's words and placed the towel on the counter top.

"I hate to say this Rena but Darien's got a point." The dirty blonde man said breathed out as he looked at his sister figure. "It's getting dark out there right now and I would feel a lot better if he goes with you." He replied as refilling water pitchers.

"Drew you can't be serious about this? I can do thi... -at the park! Serenity's at the park, the last place she would go if it were not my parent's house! I gotta leave!" Serena jumped up from her seat and putting her raincoat back on then running towards the door going to the right.

Juban Park

Serenity sat on one of the three benches underneath a covered gazebo with her knees to her chest and her head on top of her knees. She looked out in the rain with tears in her eyes and cried again.

Flashback, five hours ago…

Rini and two other girls were with her playing hopscotch on the other side of the courtyard.

"Seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, and twenty!" A brunette ten-year girl name Mandy said finishing up her turn and grabbing the rock from the number twenty. She walked over to her best friend and Lyra. "Who's turn is it?" She asked with a smile.

"It's my turn then Stac is going!" The pink haired girls said with a smile roses to her lips and going over to get the rock from Mandy. She then walks over to the first square and throwing the rock at the number with the number landing onto nine.

"Rini, Tini, Winnie, Mini!" A red hair nine-year-old boy said with a smirk on his face with his arms folded in front of him.

"Leave Rini alone Jacob!" A light brown girl with two braids in one name Lyra said going up against the red-headed bully.

"You don't look like your mommy at all! Your mommy is pretty with blonde hair and blue eyes but yet you have pink hair and red eyes! What are you, a freak? I bet your daddy didn't want you because of how you looked like!" Jacob insulted Rini and laughing as he walks up to her and pushes her to the ground.

"No. I'm not a freak and leave my mum out of this!" Rini yelled becoming angry as she swipes Jacob's leg and causing him to fall on the ground.

The red headed boy touched his lip and saw a cut on his lips from the fall. "You, you busted my lip Tsukino! You're going to pay for that!" Jacob said angrily, about to punch her until Mandy and Stacy both kicked him twice.

"THAT'S WHAT YOU GET WHEN YOU MESS WITH RINI, JACOB!" Her two best friend's said yelling at him.

Flashback Ends

"Stupid Jacob! I'm not a freak! It runs on my grandmother's side of the family. It's from mum's side of the family." The pink haired child became upset and tried to dry her tears away.

'You don't look like your mommy at all! Your mommy is pretty with blonde hair and blue eyes but yet you have pink hair and red eyes! What are you a freak? I bet your daddy didn't want you because of how you looked like!' Jacob's words ran through my head and I closed my eyes.

"IT'S NOT TRUE AND I'M NOT A FREAK! I'M NOT! MUM TOLD ME MY DADDY DIDN'T WANT ME!" Rini yelled out loud and cried again.

"RINI! RINI! SERENITY SERENE! OH, WHERE ARE YOU!?" A worried female voice yelled through the rain.

The little girl's ears perked up hearing someone, a woman calling her by her nickname then addressing her real. It was her mother and she jumped from her seat walking towards the end of the gazebo. Serenity saw a woman looking left and right around the park.

"MUMMA! MUMMA, I'M RIGHT HERE! OVER HERE!" She yelled projecting her voice with her hands to get her mother's attention.

No more than five seconds later the blonde mother is inside of the gazebo. Serena goes on down to her knees and hugs her daughter tightly then kisses into her cotton candy locks. She pulls away to face her daughter. "Serenity Selene Tsukino, why weren't you at your friends' houses or your grandparents; house?! I was so worried sick about you and I checked all the places that you would have gone." The blonde woman asked, sternly as she placed her hands onto her daughter shoulders. "I was looking all over the Juban District for you and-" She was stunned to see tear stains in her daughter's eyes and cheeks. Serena got up and grabbed her hand lightly as she leads them into a bench then taking a seat. "Serenity, what's wrong sweetie? It looks like you've been crying for a while now." The blonde woman asked, concerned.

Rin wasted no time and hugged her mother as she cried into her raincoat. "Mumma, I'm so sorry that I worried you and I forgot about the time!" The pink haired child said confessing her troubles to her mother. She looks up at her. "I'm sorry that I ran away and didn't think about staying over at one of my friend's house; I just had to get away from school after ended." Serenity got out all her emotions out before finishing and she faced her mother. "I was playing with my friends on the playground and Jacob comes in calling me names then he said 'your mommy is pretty with blonde hair and blue eyes while you have pink hair and red eyes. What are you a freak? I bet your daddy didn't want you!' so he pushed me to the ground and I kicked him to the ground! I'm sorry mummy, I know you told me to never hit anybody but Jacob pushed me to the ground; I had to do something." The pink haired child said being honest and closed her eyes afraid of her mother's anger.

"It's okay Serenity, I completely understand," Serena replied as she spoke into her daughter's hair and hugged her. The blonde woman rubbed small circles on her daughter's back to calm her. "I'll talk to Jacob White's parents again about his rude comments." She replied and kissed her forehead. "I'm so sorry that you got picked on because of me," Serena said, sincerely and lifted her daughter's chin to have eye contact her red eyes. "You ARE beautiful just the way you are; you're the spitting of your great grandmother Rose. From the tip of her hair to her red eyes." The blonde woman complimented her daughter's appearance. "I've seen pictures of her and she passed away when your grandmother Irene was in her mid-twenties." Serena proved information about her mother's family member. "Don't let anybody tell you differently and I just sent some paperwork to your father and you'll meet him sooner than you think. So far he does know about you and wants to know you but he's going to prove it. When you meet him, it'll be your choice of meeting your father or not." The blonde mother replied sincerely, honest, and caring as she looked into her daughter's crimson eyes and smiled. Serena wiped away her daughter's tears as she kissed Rini and hugged her.

The next day…

Tokyo General Hospital

Darien walked into his office early at three thirty in the morning, getting a key to unlock his office door. He placed the key into the door lock then moved the key to the right and the door opened. The raven-haired man used his left finger to flip the switch to his office and walked towards his desk. His ocean eyes look at the stack of files that stood on his desk.

"Just need a cup of coffee and I'm good for the next fifteen hours." He said to himself. Darien grabs his black coffee mug with a single red rose and a white mask. Then the raven-haired man walked over to the staff lounge.

Darien made his way into the staff lounge and saw some of his co-workers reading, sleeping, eating, and having small talks. He walked over to the coffee pot and poured himself a glass in his mug and drank it.

"I don't know how you could drink coffee with no flavor there Darien," Ellie stated as she poured cream and sugar into her own coffee mug.

"I've always had for the past eight years. I haven't had that much of anything sweet in those years." Darien said as he put the pot back into the coffee maker. He raised his coffee mug to his lips and took three long sips of the liquid. The raven-haired man cleared his throat as he faced his co-worker. "Keeps me going."

"I tried drinking with no cream or sugar but I like my coffee sweet." The red headed woman said and taking a few sips from her green coffee mug. Ellie lightly wiped her lips with a small smile. "Oh, by the way, something came for you yesterday while you were away. Someone told me to give you a clasp envelope, directly to you. Let me go get for you." She replied seriously and headed back to her station.

"I'm coming with you Ellie, I'm right behind you," Darien said following his co-worker.

Ellie reached to her station towards her desk and got out a small set of keys to unlock her drawer. She opened the lock and drawer then pulled out the manila clasp envelope. "Here you go Dr. Shields. An errand man said, "He needs to read this in private and disclose to anyone." Unquote." She recalled the errand man's words as she hands it over to Darien.

"Thank you, Ellie, and page me when there's anything wrong with a patient." The raven-haired man said to the nurse, nodding his head and taking the envelope. He made his way back to his room.

"Your welcome Dr. Shields," Ellie replied.

So I guess this was what Serena was talking about yesterday. How much of a big deal could this be? Darien thought to himself as he made his back to his office and closed the door behind him. He took a few sips of his coffee and set it on his desk. His fingers trailed through the top of the envelope where the golden plastic clasp was and undid it. Darien grabbed a handful of papers and placed them neatly in front of him.

To Doctor Darien Shields, let this agreement stay between you and Ms. Serena Tsukino. On the request of Ms. Tuskino, DO NOT TELL ANYONE ABOUT THIS AGREEMENT IF SO, THEN YOU'LL LOSE POTENTIAL CUSTODY OF SERENITY SELENE TSUKINO. THE PRIMARY CUSTODY WOULD GO TO: KEN AND IRENE TSUKINO.

As you read this page you must agree to everything that Serena Tsukino has requested. Please read everything carefully and call XXX-XXX-96368 once you complete this agreement.

Sincerely,

Mark Maroon, Lawyer of Serena Tsukino.

To be continued….

Yes, I love a good cliffhanger and don't worry I have a LOT of ideas on what to do for the next chapter. Again all the editing credit goes to xMissWhitneyBexx and couldn't do this chapter without her help. I'm rusty on writing and will have help editing until I can get the hang of it again. I'm debating if I should leave the letter as a cliff hanger or let Darien talk to Serena's parents. The next chapter is going to be both Serenity's birthday and Seiya's appearance. Or, should I do the 'What if' chapter? It's up to you guys so please review to vote. Thank you for staying with me on this fanfiction, it means a lot for me.

-Honeylove90