(MasterOfRa)
It was seven in the evening. Rini sat at her desk, reading a book. It was
late at night and it had been a long day at school. Thankfully, with the defeat
of the Dead Moon Circus, life had returned to as normal as it had been before.
"So much homework." Rini said, "And this book is so boring. Why do we have to
read Gulliver's Travels for an assignment? It has no meaning in real life does
it? And what's all this about a city of little people? Although I guess that
would be pretty fun. Maybe even Serena would be tiny. She would be so cute."
Rini laughed softly, closing the book.
Standing up, Chibiusa walked to her bed. Changing into her pajamas, Chibiusa
picked up her Luna Ball and set it on the edge of her bed. "Tomorrow is
Saturday." Rini said, "That means we can have some fun tomorrow I hope." she
looked at Luna Pi, "And you can get some shadeshifting practice in." She
laughed. "Good night." And with that, Rini dozed off.
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"RINI!! WAKE UP RIGHT NOW!" Serena's voice blew through Rini's door, startling
Rini awake. The sunlight shone through her window. "Rini! You can't sleep away a
whole Saturday morning." Serena was still shouting, "Do you hear me?"
"I'm awake Serena." Rini said, "What is it?"
"Today is Saturday." Serena said, "You know you can't sleep on a Saturday
morning. It's your only chance to have fun all week." Serena opened Rini's door
and came inside.
"But you're the one who believes that." Rini said, "I don't have as much school
as you do, so I should get to choose my own sleeping schedule."
"But I'm your future mother." Serena said, "And it's my duty to make sure you
live a healthy lifestyle."
"Your not my mother yet!" Rini said, "Luna Ball, Kitty Magic!" Luna Pi bounced
up, transforming into a water gun. "Get out of my room Serena!" Rini blasted
Serena with cold water. Serena yelped and ran out of the room. Rini looked at
the water gun Luna Pi had turned into. "That's right, today is the day I see
what your limits are as a shape shifter."
Rini got out of bed and walked to her closet. Opening the closet door, Rini
looked at her clothing choices. "Ah ha. Here's a good choice." Rini took off her
pajamas and slipped into a white one piece leotard. The sleeveless outfit
covered her from chest to and over her pelvis. A green jewel was set in the
middle top of the outfit. Then, she put on her school uniform over the leotard.
She pulled out a translucent piece of white clothe shaped like an angelfish
tail, with splotches of red and orange colors, folded it, and slipped it into
her backpack. She also put a pair of white arm length gloves into her backpack
as part of her outfit. She pulled on a pair of white, inch tall heel shoes to
match her leotard and put them on her feet. Grabbing Luna Pi, Rini walked
downstairs. After eating breakfast, she walked outside onto the porch.
As Rini stood outside adjusting her shoes, Serena walked out behind her. "Hey
Rini. Where are you off to?"
"I'm going out with Luna Pi today." Rini said, "I'm going to test it to see what
it can and can't transform into. I've never tried that before."
"Oh, alright." Serena said, "Have fun. I'm off to have a romantic date with
Darien."
Rini rolled her eyes. But then she realized it was probably a good thing since
without Serena and Darien dating, she wouldn't exist. Rini walked down the
street towards a nearby playground. Luna Pi wasn't exactly something to show off
to the whole city, but the playground had been closed due to nearby
construction. And since it was a weekend, the workers had the day off. No one
would see what
was going on.
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As Rini approached the playground, she looked around. As she expected, no one
was around. Ducking under the construction tape, Rini ran into the large wooden
castle in the middle of the playground. Turning a few corners inside, Rini was
soon in an enclosed inner area with only the one door she entered through. It
was the perfect place. Rini took off her backpack and outer layer of clothing as
the sun was very warm. Reaching into her backpack, Rini pulled out the clothe
she had packed earlier. She opened up the clothe and attached it to her lower
back, just above her waist. The clothe was translucent and reached down to the
back of Rini's knees. Then, she pulled on the gloves as well.
Pretending she was a circus performer, Rini commanded Luna Pi.
"Ok Luna Pi." Rini said to her toy, "Let's see what you can do. Luna Ball, Kitty
Magic! Umbrella!" Luna Pi bounced in the air and, in a poof of smoke, dropped
into Rini's hands as a blue umbrella.
"Nice job." Rini said. Luna Pi transformed back to normal. "Now try a copy of
the Imperium Silver Crystal!" POOF! An exact copy of the crystal fell into
Rini's palm before soon transforming to normal.
"Impressive Luna Pi." Rini said, "You're doing great."
Rini thought for a moment. Her thoughts dwelt to her book from the previous
night. "Alright, try this. Transform into a tiara that can make me bigger or
smaller." Luna Pi again bounced in the air. When it came down again, a golden
tiara floated softly to the ground at her feet. "Great Luna Pi." Rini said, "Now
stay that way until I say otherwise." Rini bent down and picked up the tiara. It
had a crescent
moon symbol on it just like her Sailor Mini Moon tiara did.
"Well Luna Pi." Rini said, "We'll have to work on your originality, but this
will do just fine." Rini slipped it onto her forehead. "Alright tiara. Do your
stuff. Make me bigger!"
The symbol on the tiara glowed brightly. Suddenly, it released a stream of
glowing white energy that twisted it's way around Rini's body, stretching from
her forehead to her feet. Rini soon felt a feeling of uncomfortability
throughout her body. "Ouch. What's going on?" She looked down and noticed the
sand was pulling away from her. Her feet looked smaller. Rini looked up again
and noticed the wood ceiling of the room was a lot closer then before. Rini got
down on her knees and placed her hand against the ceiling. But she was still
definitely getting bigger. Soon, her head hit the ceiling, followed shortly by
her head smashing right through the ceiling as if it were made of paper.
Rini stood up again. The wooden castle she had been inside now only reached as
high as her knee. Rini lifted one foot and placed it on the ground outside the
castle. But as her body continued to grow even faster, the castle broke apart as
Rini's foot grew right out of it. Rini looked around. She was now eye level with
the top of a nearby 10 story building, and still growing. Finally, Rini stopped
growing
at around 350 feet tall, roughly equal to that of a 35 story building. Although
several buildings were still taller then herself, Rini still felt very big.
"Wow." Rini said, "I guess we know that the tiara works." She looked towards the
ground. The castle was demolished and lying in pieces around her foot. As her
weight had increased during growth, the ground had been depressed under her
shoes, causing two huge footprints in the soft playground earth.
"Alright Luna Pi, let's go back to normal now." But Luna Pi did nothing. "Luna
Pi? What's wrong? Why aren't I going back to normal?" Rini reached up and pulled
off the tiara, but she remained large, not returning to normal.
"Luna Pi." Rini demanded, "What's going on?" Luna Pi still didn't revert to
normal. Putting the tiara back on, Rini thought to herself. "I don't recall Luna
Pi ever needing batteries so it can't be that." She thought for a moment. "Wait.
Could it be that Luna Pi doesn't recognize me anymore? That's what happened to
Pegasus when I switched ages with Serena that one time. He couldn't find me. I
bet that's
why Luna Pi won't respond to me or detach from my forehead." Rini smiled, happy
she had figured it out on her own. But her smile soon disappeared. "Oh no! What
am I suppose to tell Serena when she sees me like this? I can't blame this on
our enemy because we have no enemy right now. Oh man, what do I do
now?" Rini held her head in her hands, trying to think. Finally, she stood up
straight. "I'll just have to find her and tell her what happened. Oh, I'm going
to be in so much trouble."
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After digging through the rubble of the castle and finding her tiny backpack
with her clothes in it, Rini looked for a place on her to put it. Finding she
had no pockets, Rini simply slipped it down the front of her leotard. As Rini
stepped out of the playground and onto the nearby street, her footsteps
thundered with each impact on the ground. The street surface was pulverized
under her feet due to her
weight. But Rini stopped suddenly.
"Wait, I have no idea where Serena is right now." She recalled Serena talking
about a date with Darien. "But where were they going on that date? Serena never
mentioned that. I guess I'll just have to check her usual places." She looked
behind her at the wreaked playground she had grown out of.
"Well, I guess she's not there. That's one location checked. Maybe she's at the
arcade. She's always there."
Rini started walking down the street. But she had only taken a few steps when
she had to abruptly stop her footstep to avoid crushing a police car that came
around a corner. Rini watched the police car swerve, then skid past between her
feet, coming to a stop a few feet behind her.
"Great." Rini said, "A policeman. Maybe he can help me." Without even thinking
of her size, Rini quickly picked up the entire patrol car, cradling it in the
palm of her hand. The policeman inside was frozen with shock and fear. "Hello
sir." Rini said, "Maybe you can help me. I'm looking for this girl, about 4 ft
10 inches tall, yellow hair in two long pigtails down to her legs. Can't miss
her. Have you seen her?"
The policeman slowly shook his head. "Sorry ma'am. I haven't seen anyone fitting
that description."
"Okay. Thanks anyway sir." Rini said. She lowered the car towards the ground.
Letting it go at about 10 feet off the ground, the car hit the street, bounced
once, then landed again, crumpling the car's body and knocking two tires off.
Chibiusa stood up to her full height again, turned, and walked down the street,
disappearing behind a tall building as she rounded a corner.
Meanwhile, the officer, still inside his disabled patrol car, slowly reached for
his radio. "Officer 210 to headquarters. You're never going to guess the
situation we have downtown."
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Rini soon entered a rather busy part of the city. As she walked down the street,
people scattered, trying to stay out of her way. Cars swerved to the side of the
road, some crashing into objects on the sidewalk. Some people simply abandoned
there cars, leaving them idling in the street. Rini was too busy trying to
locate Serena that she wasn't watching where she was going. Unfortunately, as a
result,
several of the abandoned vehicles in Rini's path were crushed flat under her
heavy footsteps and pressed deep into the pavement in massive footprints.
When Rini finally reached the arcade, she slowly got down on her hands and
knees. A few cars were crushed under her legs as Rini lowered her head towards
the ground. Since the arcade was a very low level buildings, Rini had to
practically rest her head on the street to look inside. She saw Andrew, the
store employee and friend of Serena, behind the desk with his back turned to the
door. Using her
finger, Rini tried to tap on the glass doors to get Andrew's attention but
instead accidentally shattered the glass with one tap. Andrew jumped and turned
around quickly, expecting a robber. Instead, Rini's enormous red eyes and face
filled his vision outside where the doors had once been.
"Hi Andrew." Rini said, "How's business?"
Andrew was stunned but managed to respond. "Um, it's good. Little slow since
it's still early in the day. Um, Rini, what happened to you?"
"Just an equipment malfunction." Rini replied, "Hey, have you seen Serena in
there recently?"
"Serena?" Andrew said, "No, come to think of it, I haven't seen her."
"Alright." Rini said, "Thanks anyway. I'll keep looking." Rini's lifted her head
up, her hair effortlessly flipping a nearby car over onto it's roof. Andrew
watched Rini's feet as Rini walked away down the street.
"Wow." Andrew thought, "What has that girl been eating?"
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Rini walked to the intersection up the street and stopped, her feet blocking the
intersection. Several cars slid to a stop, their drivers staring up at the
enormous obstacle.
"So Serena's not at the arcade." Rini said, "I could've sworn she was there."
She took a few steps down one of the streets before stopping again. "Where
should I go next?"
A few blocks away behind Rini, several police cars and SWAT trucks were pursuing
two robbers in a getaway car. Traveling at a high rate of speed, the car raced
around a blind corner sharply. Their vision was filled with a wall of white that
ended up being Rini's shoe. The driver pressed the brake, causing the wheels to
lock. The car skidded forward, straight into the side of Rini's shoe. The hood
was completely crushed inward. The robbers, both not wearing seatbelts, were
thrust forward. The driver bounced off the hood and landed on the ground,
rolling close to Rini's shoe. The passenger sailed through the windshield and
landed on top of Rini's foot.
Without realizing what had just happened on the ground, Rini, still thinking
about where to search for Serena next, shifted her weight, slightly lifting her
foot. The robber on the ground near where her foot had been rolled into her
footprint, looking helplessly as Rini's foot slowly came down on top of him. He
didn't even have time to scream as his body was buried under Rini's shoe.
Shortly after, the
police came around the corner, their cars and vans screeching to a stop a few
feet away from where Rini stood.
"Ah!" Rini said. "I know. She's always hungry. Maybe she's at the café. What was
it called again? The Fruit Parlor Crown? That must be it." Rini spun on her
heel, digging a large hole in the pavement, and began walking back towards the
intersection, straight towards the blockade of police and SWAT vehicles. One
officer pulled out a bullhorn.
"Miss! Stop where you are." The officer said, "We have some questions for you."
But in his hast, the officer found the bullhorn wasn't turned up, so his voice
was hardly amplified. Unfortunately, because Rini couldn't hear the officer, she
continued towards the police, towering high above them. As she walked through
the blockade, officers jumped and ran for their lives as Rini's shoe came down
on top of a heavily armored SWAT van. A loud crunch accompanied Rini's footstep.
Even the heavy armor on the vehicle couldn't save it from being grinded into
submission under Rini's shoe. As Rini reached the intersection, the officer
turned up the bullhorn and shouted at Rini again.
"Young lady, stop where you are!" he shouted, "We have to ask you some
questions."
"I don't know anything sir." Rini said sweetly, waving over her shoulder as she
turned the corner and disappeared behind some taller buildings, her footsteps
reverberating around the city walls. The officer put down the bullhorn and
turned towards the wreaked robbers car. "Status?"
"One of our vehicles has been squashed sir." A policeman said.
"I mean the convicts." The officer said, "Where are they and what happened to
them?"
"One's alive." Another policeman said, "He's pretty banged up though. He fell
off that's girl's foot while she was walking away."
"And the other one?" the officer asked, "Where is he?"
"I think he's in one of these holes." The policeman looked inside the large
footprint the robber had fallen into. He cringed. "It just looks like a pile of
hamburger meat in there sir."
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Rini continued walking down the street, heading towards the Parlor. But on her
way there, Rini heard a very small voice calling her.
"Hey you." the voice said, "Big girl, down here." Rini looked onto one of the
nearby roof that stood a few feet lower then herself. Standing on top of the
roof, was a man dressed in torn clothes and smelling of garbage.
"Can I help you?" Rini asked.
"Yeah, I think you can." the man said, "I can use your big fat weight."
"Excuse me?!" Rini said, startled by the man's use of words.
"Yeah, you could save me a bundle of money on equipment if you came to work in
my junkyard." the man said, "What do you think?"
"Would I get paid?" Rini asked.
"What are you kidding?" the man said, "That's Child Labor. I can't pay you. You
aren't worth that much anyway."
Rini gritted her teeth and growled. In one swift move, Rini smashed her open
palm on top of the man, denting the roof of the building and causing a large
suction of the upper wall to break out in dozens of cracks. Rini removed her
hand, revealing a shattered roof but the man was, amazingly, still alive. Rini
turned and continued down the street.
"What a mean man." She said.
"What did I say?" the man said laughing. He was obviously drunk.
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Meanwhile, Serena and Darien were nowhere near the place Rini believed them to
be. They were across town in Darien's apartment, watching TV.
"Hey Serena." Darien said, "How would you feel about some hot chocolate?"
"YAY!" Serena said, "You know I'd love anything with chocolate in it."
"Alright." Darien said, "Give me a moment and I'll get it."
As Darien went into the kitchen, Serena switched to the news channel.
"Oh, what's this?" Serena said to herself. On the screen, the newsroom lady,
named Lisa, was talking about a disaster in the city.
"What can only be described as a giant she-monster, standing just over 300 feet
tall was been spotted by dozens of witnesses in the downtown area today." Lisa
said, "We have a camera crew on scene, capturing the action from ahead of the
she-monster as it travels deeper into the city. Mary, are you there?"
The screen switched to a view down a street with the news van parked a few dozen
feet away. In the foreground, Mary, the on-scene reporter, stood holding a
microphone.
"Yes Lisa I'm her." Mary said, "But less can be said about the streets of
downtown right now."
"Hey Darien!" Serena shouted, "Come quick. Looks like a new monster is in town."
"New monster?" Darien said walking back into the room, "But we don't have any
enemies since we beat the Dark Moon Circus."
"Well, the news says otherwise." Serena said, "Look at this." She pointed to the
TV.
"Reports are coming in that at least one person has been killed." Mary was
explaining, "But it is still unclear whether the death was caused intentionally
or by accident. However, authorities are not taking any chances and have called
on armed forces which we are told are on their way as we speak. They have gone
so far as to send a Navy battleship which is standing by in the harbor."
Suddenly, Mary felt the ground beginning to vibrate. "Hold on Lisa. It appears
as something is happening down the street." The camera zoomed in on the
intersection in the distance. A single police car skidded to a stop in the
middle of the street. The deputy climbed out and drew his service pistol, aiming
it what looked to be something in front of and above him. He began firing,
shooting nearly
twenty shots before his gun jammed. A large shadow slowly fell over him.
"Oh no." Mary said, "John, I think she's here." she looked towards the
cameraman, apparently the person she called John, then back towards the police
car. The policeman soon ran from the intersection as a giant foot slammed down
on top of his empty car. The camera angled upward as Rini came around the
corner.
"Rini?!" Serena said in total shock, "She's gigantic!"
"How could this have happened?" Darien said.
Rini was walking straight towards the camera. "Ladies and gentlemen." Mary said,
"The monster appears to be very large, young, female child, not a monster. She's
coming straight for us." She turned in time to watch Rini's foot crush the news
van behind them flat. At the last second, both Mary and the cameraman fled from
the street to the sidewalk, barely avoiding getting trampled. But the camera was
dropped in the street and it's last image was a shadow falling over it then
suddenly the screen changing to static.
"We appear to have lost our connection with Mary" Lisa said, "But we have a
helicopter crew in the area. Are you there?"
"This is Air 4." a voice responded. The screen changed to a view from above the
city. Rini could be seen walking through the maze of city streets below. "We
have the girl in sight and will continue to observe from a safe distance."
"Can you give us the status of Mary's team?" Lisa asked.
"Well, let's see." Air 4 responded, "There it is." The camera zoomed in on the
location. "Their van appears to have been smashed, but they are safe."
"What is Rini doing?" Serena said, "She should know better then to cause a
ruckus. Especially something like this."
"Calm down Serena." Darien said, "Maybe Rini didn't cause this and maybe she's
just looking for some help. I mean, she didn't even seem to notice the reporters
as she was walking, so she can't have any malicious intent towards the city."
"Well anyway, we have to find her." Serena said, "Can we take your motorcycle?"
"Um, sure." Darien said. Grabbing his coat and helmet, Darien and Serena left
the apartment, forgetting to turn off the TV. Air 4 continued to speak.
"It is highly advisable that anyone seeing or hearing this message get out of
your cars immediately." Air 4 cautioned, "I repeat, do not operate vehicles in
the vicinity of the downtown area. It is safer to stay indoors."
Just then, Serena came back in the apartment. "I have no idea what part of town
Rini is in!" She said. She turned to the TV.
"Wait, what's this?" Air 4 said, "It looks as if the girl is stopping near the
Fruit Parlor Crown. Hm, Lisa, do you suppose she's hungry?"
"Oh no." Serena said.
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As Rini walked up next to the Fruit Parlor Crown, several people eating on the
tables outside quickly got up and ran for their lives as Rini's feet soon
crushed the flimsy tables and chairs flat.
"Oops."Rini said, watching the people run down the street. "I'm really sorry
about that." Turning her attention back towards the parlor, Rini bent down and
stretched one arm to each side of the parlor's roof.
Inside, Lizzy, Andrew's sister, was working the lunch rush when she saw the
customers outside run in terror as Rini's enormous feet walked up to the front
of building through the large front windows. Lizzie watched Rini's ankles flex
as Rini started bending down towards the parlor. Dozens of people started
looking up towards the roof.
Suddenly, with a loud crash, the white gloved fingers of one of Rini's hands
smashed through the windows lining one side of the parlor while her other hand
burst through the kitchen wall on the other side of the parlor. Griping the
roof, Rini began pulling up on the roof. Large cracks began to appear in the
ceiling. The heavy ceiling tiles began to fall off, some falling on the
customers at the
tables. Slowly, the roof began to separate from the support beams until finally,
Rini managed to lift the entire roof off the building. Dropping it in the street
nearby, Rini looked inside the parlor until she spotted Lizzie.
"Hi Lizzie." Rini said bending down for a closer look, "Got anything good to
eat?"
"Rini?" Lizzie asked, "Is that you? How on earth did you get like this?"
"Um." Rini thought for a moment, "It's kinda complicated. Have you seen Serena
in here?"
"Serena?" Lizzie asked, "You mean your cousin?"
Rini realized Serena wasn't her cousin but went with it anyway to hide her
identity. "Yeah, that's her." she said, "She has her hair in big meatballs on
her head like mine, but not nearly as cute."
"Right." Lizzie said, backing slowly into a corner, "Sorry Rini. I really can't
say I've seen her."
"Really?" Rini asked, "I thought for sure she'd be here stuffing her face. Oh
well. Guess I'll keep looking." She stood back up to her full height and looked
down at the parlor. She waved down to Lizzie. "Thanks anyway. I'll see you later
alright?"
Lizzie was too shocked to answer. She got up from the corner and ran towards the
door. Stepping through the shattered storefront, Lizzie walked into the street
and watched Rini walking away. As Rini turned a corner, Lizzie heard a police
siren, the skidding of tires, a sickening crunch, and the siren going silent.
She heard Rini speaking to someone "Gah! Sorry about that! Are you alright?"
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Several blocks away, Serena and Darien were racing through the streets towards
the parlor on Darien's motorcycle. The road was utterly devoid of people but was
instead littered with dozens of cars: some flipped over on their roofs, some
crushed completely flat. One car was even precariously lying on it's side,
rocking with the slightest breeze. Occasionally they came across a person or two
trying to
salvage personal items from their pulverized vehicle.
"I sure hope no one was hurt when Rini came through here." Darien said.
"Do you think she stepped on these cars on purpose?" Serena asked.
"No." Darien said, "That's not like Rini. It was probably by accident or not
noticing them."
"I guess you right." Serena said, "Rini will hardly even step on a harmless
snail let alone a car."
"So, what are we going to do when we find her?" Darien asked, "I mean, she's not
exactly small anymore. And I doubt she'll respond well to your, um,
personality."
"What do you mean by that?" Serena asked.
"Well, you can be a bit loud when you get excited." Darien said, "That's the
last thing we need right now."
"Don't worry. I'll be calm." Serena said, "As for what we'll do when we find
her. Well, I guess I'll try to get her attention. Talking to her should clear
things up."
"Try to think about that Serena." Darien said, "Your tiny vocal chords aren't
going to reach her ears thirty stories up."
"Maybe not." Serena said, "Maybe I can attack her and get her attention."
"Good idea." Darien said, "And how fast can you run?"
"Huh?" Serena asked.
"I'm just saying." Darien said, "After you attack her, she's going to come after
you."
"Humph." Serena said, "We'll figure it out when we find her."
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After accidentally stepping on another police car, Rini made certain the officer
was unharmed. Luckily, the officer had jumped out of his vehicle a split second
before Rini's shoe slammed down on top of it.
"Geez." Rini said, "Why are there so many cars here? It's impossible to walk
anywhere without stepping on one." She looked down at the street and noticed an
empty white car that had been previously abandoned in the middle of the street.
Rini walked over to the small car and lightly placed the heel
of her shoe on it's roof. "Not to mention they are really flimsy." She pressed
down on the car with her heel, flattening the roof and pushing the whole car
into the pavement. Twisting her heel back and forth, Rini tore the vehicle to
pieces before reaching down and picking up the pieces. "Just like I thought."
She said, "They don't properly test these vehicles before selling them to
people. I'll have
to be sure to tell Darien to be careful in his car."
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As Darien and Serena reached the parlor, they were greeted by not only Lizzie,
but Rei, Mina, Lita, and Amy. With them were Luna, Artemis, and Diana. Serena
looked at the wreaked former parlor. "What happened here?" she asked.
"Apparently your future daughter has been trying to find you." Rei said, "She
broke the arcade doors earlier, then tore off the roof of this place trying to
find you."
"Seems she searching your usual hangout places." Amy said, "Last we heard she
was heading towards the central park."
"The park?" Darien said, "But that place will be full of people. It's always a
nice place for everyone."
"Yeah?" Lita said, "Well, someone might die if she goes there now."
"Why would anyone die?" Mina asked, "Rini's not some psychotic woman bent of
making every man in town suffer is she?"
Everyone looked at Mina, a little confused by what she had said. "What are you
talking about Mina?" Lita asked.
"Oh come on!" Mina said, "Haven't any of you watched 'Attack of the 5o ft
Woman'? The girl gets turned into a giant by aliens and kills her boyfriend
because he was cheating on her then she goes after all men in the city."
"Guess I missed that movie." Serena said.
"It's a classic." Mina said.
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Rini dropped the pieces of the car she had smashed and proceeded down the
street.
"Where else would Serena hang out at?" Rini said, "This is getting kinda
frustrating. Why can't I find her? She's not at her usual places." She suddenly
got a scary thought. "Oh no! I hope I didn't step on her." Placing her hand on a
nearby building to steady herself, Rini checked the soles of both her shoes. She
notice a tiny red stain on her left shoe sole. It had been caused when she
placed her foot of top of the robber while shifting her weight earlier,
squishing him. But she didn't know it because she hadn't even felt him
underfoot.
Rini's eyes grew wide. "Oh dear! I squished someone! How terrible!" She thought
for a minute. "I guess it wasn't Serena or Darien though. Otherwise I'd cease to
exist. But I still had better be a bit more careful." She carefully placed her
foot back on the ground.
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"So, does anyone have any other ideas?" Rei asked, "Amy. You’re the brains here.
What do you think?"
"Well." Amy said, "Because we're still small, I doubt she could hear us if we
shouted at her. Even if we were at her feet, I still don't think she could hear.
Our best bet at getting her attention is to get up to her level."
"How?" Lita asked, "A building?"
"That might work." Amy said, "The problem is getting Rini to reach the building
we are on."
"I think Serena can fix that problem." Luna said.
"Excuse me?!" Serena said, "How?!"
"Easy." Artemis said, "Use the disguise pen to become one of the creeps you
fought in the past, then attack Rini and get her to chase you. You can lead her
right to us."
"Yeah right." Serena said, "And risk getting squashed? I don't think so. One of
her strides is equal to a hundred on mine. She'd catch me too quickly."
"To bad Amara is gone." Amy said, "She was the fastest runner around."
"Don't forget." Mina said, "There's no guarantee she'd hear us. We have to make
sure our plan is going to work because if it doesn't, somebody could die here."
----------
"I really don't know where else Serena hangs out at." Rini said, walking towards
the central park area, "I know the park is a popular place. If she's not there,
where else can I go?"
As Rini walked around a corner, she saw the trees and lake of the park in the
distance.
"There it is." Rini said. She slowly walked towards the park, several people
trying to stay out of her way.
----------
Serena was getting impatient. "While we stand here, Rini's endangering other
people's lives! We have to come up with a plan."
"I got it!" Amy said, "Serena, use the power of the Imperium Silver Crystal.
Maybe it can help."
"Yeah." Lita chimed in, "It gave you the power to defeat Wiseman. I bet it can
help here too."
"Alright, I'll give it a shot." Serena said. She opened her brooch, which
contained the crystal, a held it in her hands in front of her. Closing her eyes,
Serena thought of what she wished the crystal to do. "Please crystal. Give me
the power to help Rini." The crystal glowed brightly. Serena's school uniform
and shoes were dissolved quickly and in their place, the flowing white dress and
white high-
heels of Princess Serenity appeared. Serenity opened her eyes just in time to be
blinded by a furious flash of light from the crystal that enveloped her entire
body from view. Serenity let out a quick yelp as her view was blurred and
distorted.
----------
As Rini reached the park, she saw it was extremely crowded. Whole families
occupied most of the hills and open grounds. But as Rini approached, most of the
tiny people got up and ran for their lives, not knowing Rini's intentions were
not to hurt anyone, but to find her mother. Rini very slowly walked through the
park, her feet occasionally knocking over trees and breaking park equipment such
as
benches and tables. Finally, she called out.
"Serena! Are you here?!" Rini looked around. There was no response except the
faint screams of tiny people running around her feet and between her legs trying
to get away, some even crouching beneath Rini's raised heels to get past her.
Rini shouted again, even louder.
"SERENA!! WHERE ARE YOU?!!" Rini shuddered as every window in a nearby building
facing her shattered, raining glass on the street below. "Sorry! I'm so sorry! I
didn't mean it!" Rini said, covering her mouth with her hands. Rini turned to
leave the park. As she stepped back onto the street, she noticed something out
of the corner of her eye.
Out in the distance, nearly hidden by several taller buildings, was the bay. In
the bay, Rini say a very large, grey ship. Rini noticed a pair of large objects
rotating on the ship in her direction, as if the ship was aiming at her. Rini
then noticed a column of tanks, armored vehicles, and army jeeps rolling down
the street towards her, accompanied by a few police cars.
One tank bravely drove right up to Rini's foot. Rini bent down, bringing her eye
almost down the barrel of the tank's main gun. "Can I help you with something?"
She asked. Slowly, the hatch on the top of the tank opened. A soldier,
apparently a general, climbed out and faced Rini.
"Young lady." the general stated, "I have been ordered to take you in."
"Take me in?" Rini asked, puzzled, "In what?"
"No little girl." the general said, "Your under arrest."
"For what?" Rini asked.
"Destruction of public property." the general said, "Jaywalking, and public
endangerment. Surrender or we will be forced to use force."
"Are you joking?" Rini asked, "I've done nothing wrong. I'm just trying to find
my . . . "
Rini's words were cut off as one of the other tanks opened fire, striking Rini
on her right cheek. Rini let out a short cry of pain before realizing the blast
didn't really hurt all that much. Rini heard more shots ring out. She quickly
stood back up to her full height. She looked down at the general in the tank,
who was talking on his radio ordering everyone to begin shooting.
"I'm sorry sir." Rini said, "But I must act in self defense now." Lifting her
foot, Rini drew her right foot back behind her.
----------
As Serenity's eyes began to return and the light began to fade, her view of the
city changed dramatically.
"Whoa!" Serenity heard Mina's voice. "What happened to her?"
"She's enormous!" Rei said, "She really let herself go."
"You better not be calling me fat." Serenity said, "I haven't eaten more then I
usually do."
"Serena." Rei said, "Take a good look at yourself."
As Serenity looked around, she noticed a car that had escaped Rini's visit
parked nearby. "Oh my." She said, reaching out and picking up the vehicle, "What
a cute toy car. It's so adorable. But it looks just like . . . " She stopped
short and looked down. ". . a real car?"
Princess Serenity now stood nearly 480 feet tall. She was roughly the size of a
45 story building, much taller then Rini.
"WHAT HAPPENED TO ME?" Serenity said, standing up to her full height. She looked
at the tiny girls at her feet. Lowering her hand to the ground, she allowed
Darien and the girls to climb on before she lifted her hand back up to her
chest.
"It appears the crystal gave you the power to help Rini." Darien said.
"But not this way." Serenity said, "I'll do as much damage as Rini did."
"If not more." Rei said under her breath.
Serenity looked at Rei. "What was that?!"
"Serena! Pay attention!" Luna shouted, "The crystal's energy will only work for
a few minutes because of the amount of energy it takes to make you that big. So
you'd better hurry and do whatever you planned to do."
"Right!" Serenity said, "Here I go!" Serenity took one step forward, her high
heel shoe unintentionally flattening a row of small houses nearby. As the
unoccupied houses splintered to pieces, Rei held her head in her hands and
sighed.
"We're so doomed." she said.
----------
Rini's foot slammed into the lead tank just as the general and crew managed to
clamber out. The tank skidded backwards across the road, crashing into two more
tanks at the main line, causing all three of them to explode violently. Large
trucks behind the tanks revealed their cargo to be missiles, and began firing at
Rini. Rini dodged most of them. She even managed to catch one of the missiles as
it flew past her, turning it around and letting it fly right back at the
military vehicles.
Rini began to slowly walk down the street, as the military continued to fire on
her. Rini watched as Apache gunships flew down between the buildings, rattling
her body with machine gun fire. But most of the bullets simply bounced off her
tough skin. But a few missiles from the helicopters caused her to be knocked off
balance. Her foot crushed a nearby tank as Rini steadied herself.
Reaching out with her hand, Rini managed to catch one of the helicopters,
gripping it by the underside of it's body structure. Effortlessly, Rini brought
the aircraft in front of her face. She listened as the pilot increased the speed
of the aircraft's rotors as he tried to escape her grip. Rini took her other
hand and intentionally slipped her finger into the path of the spinning blades,
shattering the rotors easily. She glared into the cockpit where the pilot sat.
"I said to leave me alone!" Rini shouted at the pilot, "Why don't you guys
understand that?" She was answered by another tank that drove up to her and
fired, hitting her in the upper leg. Rini glared down at the tank and let go of
the helicopter, allowing it to plummet to the ground, landing on the tank and
exploding. Rini walked forward again, trying to advance through the army and out
of range.
----------
Meanwhile, Serenity could actually see Rini fighting the army, but was too far
away to do anything to help. Behind her, Darien was following on his motorcycle,
dodging left and right to avoid falling in Serenity's large footprints. Luna,
Artemis, and Diana where in a basket attached to the back of the bike. Luna was
mentally calculating how much Serena had left before the crystal would
deactivate and
shrink Serena again. But Serenity was having a tough time walking. As Princess
Serenity, her dress wasn't exactly made for walking between large objects and it
kept getting caught on buildings, delaying her progress.
Finally, as Serenity got a little closer to where Rini was, she felt something
strange inside her. Then, she heard Luna shouting.
"Serena!" Luna said, "Hurry! The crystal is almost out of power!"
Serenity managed to turn a corner, putting her on the same street as Rini. She
was only 2000 feet away when Luna shouted again.
"Careful Serena!" Luna shouted again, "The crystal is. . ." Serenity was blinded
again by another flash of light. When she could see again, she was still above
the buildings, but was falling rapidly towards the ground.
"Out of power!" Luna completed her sentence. Darien managed to get below Serena
and held out his arms to catch Serena. He caught her, but Serena's weight caused
both of them to crash to the ground. Serena immediately jumped up again.
"That's it?!" she said, "Talk about a useless crystal."
"You used up it's power." Artemis said, "It's not the crystal's fault. Wait!
Where are you going?!"Serena was running towards Rini. She yelled over her
shoulder. "I'm going to stop Rini, no matter what size I am."
----------
By now, Rini was more frustrated then scared.
"That's it." Rini said, "No more nice giantess. Try facing a giant Sailor
Soldier." She reached for her chest where her brooch to transform into Super
Sailor Mini Moon was suppose to be, but instead only found the green jewel that
decorated the front of her outfit.
"Uh Oh." Rini remembered her brooch was attached to her uniform which was still
normal sized inside her backpack which was now inside her outfit. Rini began to
get scared again as she saw more armored vehicles and helicopters approaching
down the street and she began retreating, walking backwards deeper into the
city.
----------
As Rini was cautiously backing up, she didn't notice Serena climbing up onto an
abandoned car behind her.
"Hey Rini!" Serena shouted, "I'm right here! Stop wreaking everything!" However,
it was as Amy had feared and explained. Rini just couldn't hear Serena,
especially with all the commotion in the area. er voice, thought usually loud
and obnoxious, was now too soft for Rini's ears to pick up. Serena watched as
Rini backed towards her, her foot rising over the car Serena was standing on.
Serena looked up at Rini's foot and screamed. "No Rini! If you squish me, you
won't exist in the future!" But Rini still didn't hear her. Serena jumped for
her life just as Rini's foot crashed down on top of the car. Serena looked back
as the street burst into a spiderweb of cracks originating from Rini's foot. She
watched as Rini continued walking backwards, trying to get away.
----------
As Rini backed up, she reached a T-shaped intersection with a railroad crossing
just a few feet down one of the side roads and a row of buildings behind her.
Rini noticed a passenger train that was stopped, apparently due to her "rampage"
as she had heard the soldiers mention. Soon however, Rini was backed up against
the row of buildings behind her. She heard the glass windows breaking as she
pressed up against the building, watching the army moving closer.
"Oh no." Rini said, holding a hand to her mouth, "What now?" Rini thought about
what to do. Finally, she quickly reached over and closed her hand around the
engine of the train and lifted it off the ground. Several train cars, still
attached to the engine, went alone with it, dangling from Rini's hand like a
rope. Rini prayed the train was unoccupied and, with all her might, she threw it
at the advancing army vehicles.
The train spread out as it sailed through the air. It landed in front of the
army and slid down the street, pushing military vehicles and anything else in
it's way down the street. Sparks lite up the street. Rini seized the opportunity
and got down on her hands and knees and actually began crawling down the street
around the corner. The buildings just barely hid her as she was still rather
tall on her hands and knees.
----------
Serena had somehow managed to get to the side of the road as the train came
hurtling towards her. She watched it slid down the street, coming to rest
several feet away. It blocked the entire road and disabled dozens of vehicles.
Surprisingly, people began climbing out of the train cars, alive but obviously
injured.
Serena looked back towards the intersection Rini had ben standing in. To her
surprise, Rini was gone, leaving only an imprint of her body in the buildings
where she had pressed her body into them in an effort to escape.
"Cleaver kid." Serena said, "But where did she go now?" She started running back
towards the intersection, trying to figure out which way Rini had gone.
----------
"I can't believe this is working." Rini thought to herself, as she continued
crawling down the street, "If I can just make it to the bay, I can swim out of
her and get out of the city. Maybe then I won't hurt anybody else."
Although she was hidden, it was still more difficult for Rini to move around on
all fours, making her progress slower. Also, she couldn’t avoid damaging
people's property. As such, several objects got caught under Rini's hands and
legs as she crawled. Luckily, it appeared that this section of the city had been
previously evacuated so there was no danger of people getting hurt.
Unfortunately, Rini's bare legs and hands did occasionally get poked by pieces
of metal from several cars that people had abandoned in the streets, thus
forcing her to crawl over them, crushing them in the process. Luckily, they were
all empty.
Rini turned a corner, still crawling on all fours. She looked down the street
and once again sighted the clear blue water of the bay. Slowly, she began
crawling towards it. But as she did, three fully armed helicopters slowly
crossed over the street in front of her, flying just barely above the rooftops.
Rini could easily see the pilots inside.
"Oh please." Rini thought, "Don't let them see me." She stayed very still trying
to get even lower to the ground. Unfortunately, Rini watched as one of the
pilots slowly turned his head in her direction. As he spotted Rini, the pilot's
head seemed to bounce backwards, obviously shocked at how close she was to him.
Whipping the helicopter in Rini's direction, the pilot fired a pair of rockets
towards her.
----------
As Serena continued trying to find Rini, she was suddenly startled by a large
explosion nearly two streets away. She turned and looked in the direction of the
blast and noticed three helicopters hovering over the street, facing a wall of
smoke where they had fired.
"Are they really shooting at Rini?" Serena said, "They can't do that. She's done
nothing wrong." She started making her way to the site, when she saw Rini start
to stand up again. But she continued running as fast as she could towards the
bay, sensing Rini might try to go there, or at least to get ahead of Rini.
----------
As Rini stood up, she noticed nearly a dozen small jeeps racing around corners,
converging on her position. Each jeep sported a large machine gun on the back,
manned by a single soldier while another soldier drove the vehicle. Behind them,
slower moving tanks also were heading her way in an effort to cut her off from
the bay. Rini looked towards her feet. Several soldiers on foot had actually
climbed
on top of her shoes and begun trying to climb up her bare leg.
"EEKKK!!" Rini screamed. "Get off me!!" She raised her leg and shook it
violently back and forth, flinging soldiers in every direction. But a few
soldier still managed to hold of. Finally, Rini slammed her foot back on the
ground, causing the remaining soldiers to tumble off her leg, bouncing off her
shoe before landing on the street below.
"I've had enough." Rini said, "Get out of my way!" She raised her foot over the
closest jeep, threatening to step on it. The two soldiers seemed to get the
idea, and abandoned their vehicles. Once they were clear, Rini lowered her foot,
squashing the jeep like it was made of paper. But instead of staying and
fighting, Rini had a different idea. Placing her feet together and bending her
knees, Rini
took a deep breath.
"Here goes nothing!" Rini said as she jumped into the sky, easily clearing the
line of army tanks and landing behind them in the street. Her landing caused a
minor earthquake and knocked over a few small buildings nearby. Other buildings
that survived were riddled with large cracks. Her feet sank nearly 30 feet into
the ground as the road gave way beneath her. Rini's feet burst through the
ceiling of a subway station below, crushing one of the trains. Rini stepped out
of the cavernous hole in the street and began running down the street towards
the bay.
----------
Meanwhile, the same general who had confronted Rini earlier, had escaped the
battle and driven a jeep quickly to get to the waterfront. He now commanded a
large force of tanks, missile launchers, soldiers, and even had the support of
the large battleship that had been mentioned earlier on the news.
Now he watched as the enormous girl came running down the hill, her feet
crushing his army into the ground with each stomp. Shouting into his radio, he
ordered every gun to bear on Rini, even the ship. As Rini approached, she was
riddled with weapons of all kinds, ranging from soldiers gunshots, to tank
shells, to even the ship's cannons, which thankfully were very inaccurate.
But Rini didn't stop. Although she was a large target, the attacks weren't doing
much to her. However, the army was still persistent. One helicopter couldn't get
out of the way fast enough. Rini's body collided with the helicopter, causing it
to explode against her chest and break into several pieces and falling to the
ground behind her. Although Rini was apparently unhurt, the collision left a
charred black spot on her leotard.
----------
Serena managed to reach the shoreline where the army had gathered and were now
shooting in her direction as she approached. Serena ignored her own safety, and
jumped up onto the tank the general was in. She began shouting at the general.
"Why are you shooting at her?" Serena shouted over the roar of the guns, "She's
just a little girl!"
"She doesn't look that little to me." The general answered, "Listen young lady,
that girl crushed
several of my tanks. That's a hostile act. I have to take her down."
"But your men fired first didn't they?" Serena said, "Of course she attacked
your men, it's self defense! She's trying to escape." She grabbed onto the
general's collar. "She's my cousin for crying out loud." Of course, Rini was her
future daughter, but Serena couldn't tell anyone that, she was too young for
children, especially at Rini's age.
"Well." the general said, "Young lady! I suggest you remove your hands from me,
or I'll. . . " He was cut off as Rini reached the shore, still in full sprint.
----------
As Rini reached the edge of the bay, she quickly glimpsed dozens of gun barrels
that were tracking her movements. She quickly looked ahead, noticing the large
battleship was in front of her a short ways out in the bay. Without hesitating,
Rini planted her feet at the water's edge, and leapt high in the air over the
water. As she reached the top of her jump, Rini arched her back, pointed her
fingers
forward, and dove towards the water. But something caught her by surprise.
As if in slow motion, Rini watched the rear gun turret of the battleship follow
her down towards the water. As Rini's arms and head entered the water, she heard
a loud explosion and immediately felt a stinging pain in her left ankle. She
tried to cry out in pain, but being underwater, she only lost the air in her
lungs. Instead of diving towards the bottom of the bay, Rini floundered in the
shallows. She saw blood trickling from her ankle. She struggled towards the
surface.
----------
"No!!" Serena screamed. She watched the battleship gun fire, nearly point blank
range, into Rini's ankle. "Rini! Please be alright!"
"Nice work everyone." the general stated, "She's not coming back up now." But he
stopped when he saw a surge of water being forced upwards near the battleship.
----------
Rini's head forcefully burst through the surface of the water, directly next to
the ship. The resulting wall of water, quickly capsized the ship, causing it to
roll over completely. Rini opened her mouth and gasped in air, since she had
lost her air underwater. She reached down and felt her ankle. There was an open
cut and she still felt blood leaking into the water.
Her first thought was a bit redundant. "I hope there aren't any sharks around."
She thought. In the confusion of Rini's abrupt surfacing, the army seemed too
stunned to attack her. Rini took the opportunity to dive underwater again and
swim away, although her swimming was slowed due to her ankle.
----------
The general soon snapped back to attention. He shouted into his radio. "What is
everyone doing standing around?! Begin the rescue of those sailors. Start
searching for the girl! Comb the bay!"
Serena, sure her daughter had escaped, began walking back towards the city. She
had to find Darien and the other girls and figure out what to do next. Rini was
still out there. All she had to do was find her.
Nearly an hour later, as it started to get dark, Rini resurfaced from the water.
She had found a deep river leading inland away from the city. As she stepped out
of the river, her outfit drenched with water, she soon had to sit down due to
her ankle hurting. The bleeding had stopped, but her ankle still hurt like
crazy. As she crawled across a field, Rini soon found a forest with trees that
were tall enough to hide her body if she lay on the ground.
Snuggling up among and under the trees, Rini began to realize what had happened.
"What am I going to do?" Rini said, "Luna Pi still doesn't recognize me and I
have no idea how to get back to normal. Will I ever see her again?" As dusk
turned to night, Chibiusa soon started to cry, her tears forming a new, although
small, river leading out of the forest. "This stinks!" Rini said through tears,
"I don't
like this! I want to be normal again."
As she was crying, she didn't notice her tiara beginning to light up. As she
continued to cry, Rini suddenly began getting smaller, until soon, she was back
to normal size. Only when Luna Pi reverted back to it's regular shape in a flash
of light, did Rini stop crying and instead look around, puzzled. She saw her
backpack lying nearby, and it looked regular sized to her. She looked at
herself, she was
back to normal as well. She was now lying in a large crater that was her body's
giant outline before she had shrunk to regular size.
"Hooray!" Rini shouted, "I'm little again!" She looked at Luna Pi. "But why did
you suddenly obey me?" Her thoughts were cut off as a she heard a helicopter
approaching. She looked up towards the night sky. The trees started to rustle as
a strong wind blew down on her. Suddenly, Rini was blinded by a bright beam of
light. She heard a voice over a loudspeaker.
"Little girl!" the voice spoke, "Do not attempt to flee. You are under arrest!"
Rini realized it was a police helicopter hovering directly over her. She watched
ropes drop from the sides of the helicopter and four SWAT officers slid down the
ropes to the ground. After landing, each officer pointed a gun at Rini's face.
Rini was scared beyond anything she had felt before. But she followed the
officer's orders to put her hands behind her back. She was then handcuffed, and
placed in the helicopter to be flown back to the city, along with her backpack
and Luna Pi as evidence. During the trip, Rini softly cried to herself, tears
slowly running down her cheeks. One of the officers, seeing her cry, pulled out
a clothe and wiped her face, but said nothing.
----------
Serena had now been reunited with Darien and the girls. They were at Darien's
apartment, trying to figure out what to do.
"So what do we do now?" Lita asked, "Rini could be anywhere after swimming off
like that."
"What made the army do that to her?" Rei asked, "She's just a lost little girl."
"But she did cause a lot of damage." Amy pointed out.
"Yeah, but it's not like she did that on purpose." Rei said, "She was trying to
find her mother."
"Trying telling that to the army." Lita said.
"If you recall, I did try to tell them." Serena said, "Something is wrong with
that general I talked to. He needs to go back to training camp."
"Now just calm down everyone." Darien said, "Let's think rationally. What's the
first thing Rini would do to . . "
He was cut off by the phone ringing. Serena was the first to reach the phone and
answer it.
"Hello?" she said, "This is she. . . She's where?! . . . I'll be over right
away!" She hung up the phone.
"Who was that?" Mina asked.
"The Chief of Police." Serena said, "Rini's in jail."
----------
Rini now sat on a cold metal bench, surrounded on all four sides by metal bars.
She was still in her leotard outfit, meaning the bench was colder than usual to
sit on. She pulled the "tail" of her outfit under her to lessen the cold feeling
of sitting on the bench, but it didn't help much. Rini looked down at her ankle.
It was now bandaged up, but it was still rather sore.
Outside, Rini noticed the same SWAT officer from the helicopter standing nearby,
guarding Rini's cell. Rini stood up and walked to the edge of the cell, her
heels clicking on the cement floor.
"Excuse me." Rini asked the officer, "What's going to happen now?" The officer
remained silent, not even looking in her direction. Rini lowered her gaze to the
floor. "I guess I deserve the silent treatment afte what I've done." She turned
around and slowly walked back towards the bench, not noticing the officer's head
slowly look back in her direction.
A few minutes later, Serena burst through the door, nearly in tears. Rini ran up
to the bars, trying to hug Serena through the bars, with little success.
"I came as soon as I heard." Serena said, "Are you alright?"
"I'm fine." Rini said, "I was trying to find you all day."
----------
After a heartfelt reunion, Rini was lead to another room, still in handcuffs,
where she awaited her "sentence", letting her know if she was free to leave or
if she would be go to the prison.The officer from the helicopter was back.
Pulling off his helmet, he sat down and looked over the table at Rini.
"I've been watching you missy." the officer said, "You don't seem like the type
to go around breaking things for amusement." Rini shook her head. "I thought so.
That's why I'm releasing you into the custody of your parents." He spoke on his
radio and a few seconds later, Serena and Darien entered the room. The officer
was a little surprised. "These are your parents? Aren't they a little young?"
Rini said nothing. Serena spoke up. "She actually my cousin. Our parents are out
of town and she's my responsibility."
Oh. The officer said, "I understand. Babysitting right?"
Serena laughed. "That's right."
The officer unlocked Rini handcuffs and handed Rini her backpack and Luna Ball
toy. "Don't worry about a thing missy. I'll ensure your name is cleared of this
incident. I am the assistant police chief after all."
Rini was shocked. "You are? What were you doing on the helicopter that picked me
up?"
"Investigating." The officer said, "That general who attacked you described you
in a rather unpleasant way. I'll see that he gets demoted for that." He lead
Rini, Serena and Darien to the entrance and showed them outside. "Have a nice
day now."
----------
It was only now that Rini had a chance to see the damage she had caused to the
city. Ironically, right outside the police station entrance lay one of Rini's
giant footprints. And inside it was a very flat police car, the equipment inside
now crushed and strewn across the ground. Rini's face went red with
embarrassment. She was very quiet on the ride back home in Darien's car. Upon
arriving back home, Rini quickly ran up to her room and crawled into bed without
talking to anyone. She was too embarassed to speak to anyone
----------
The following day, the girls all meet at Rei's temple. Rini was back in her
regular clothes. Amy was browsing the news on the internet on her laptop
computer when she spoke up.
"Listen to this girls." Amy said, "It looks as if Rini's name has been
completely cleared on yesterday's incident. However, she did still cause a lot
of damage but the city is paying for the repairs."
"Are their any statistics Amy?" Mini asked.
"What do you mean Mina?" Rei asked.
"You know what I mean." Mina said, "Like how much damage was caused, how many
people died, stuff like that." Nearby, Rini turned red in the face again.
"Let's see." Amy said, scrolling down on the web site, "It looks like only 1
confirmed death was reported. Who knows how many people died when Rini capsized
that ship and wreaked the army vehicles."
"On my way here today, I noticed they are already fixing the streets." Lita
said, "But they had to use these large cranes to dislodge the vehicles crushed
into the street. They even had a bulldozer scrapping the remains of a crushed
car off the ground. It was pretty cool. Not to mention the damage to the
buildings. One building needed over a hundred windows replaced. It was pretty
impressive."
"Yeah." Mina said, "And I've seen emergency vehicles everywhere. Rini, you
should get bigger more often."
"No way!" Rini said, "Unless I can control Luna Pi, I won't be doing that ever
again."
"That reminds me Rini." Serena said, "How did you get small again?"
"I don't know." Rini said, "I just remember crying in the forest. The next time
I opened my eyes, I was little again."
"I have a theory." Amy said, "Since Luna Pi is a toy designed just for a person
your size, when you got bigger, it didn't recognize you, and so, it stopped
obeying you. However, when you started crying, it reminded Luna Pi of you when
you were younger, so it transformed you back to normal size."
"That makes sense." Rini said, "The same thing happened to me and Pegasus that
one time. When I got older, he didn't recognize me."
"Oh well, it over now." Serena said, "But tell me Rini. Was it fun?"
Rini smiled. "Yeah, it was really fun to be tall for once. And, to be completely
honest, it was pretty fun exploring the city at that size. But I'm just sorry I
hurt so many people."
"Don't be too hard on yourself Rini." Amy said, "According to this web site, the
person you squished was an international jewelry thief. I think you did the
country a good thing, even if you didn't
know it."
Rini was a bit confused. "So, by squishing him, I did a god thing?"
"Sounds like it." Serena said, "Now, do you suppose I could borrow Luna Pi for a
while?"
"What?! No way!" Rini shouted, "Luna Pi is mine. Besides, you'd just use it to
get closer to MY Darien!"
"What?! Your Darien?!" Serena said, "He's mine! He's destined to marry me!"
"Not if I get big again and step on you." Rini said, "Then he'd be all mine."
"Without me, you may not ever exist!" Serena said, "How about that, tough kid?"
Rini laughed. "It's worth the risk!" Everyone else laughed, except Serena, who
was filled with rage.
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In the days to follow, the city would eventually return to it's usual routine.
But no one ever forgot the giant girl with the pink hair who just wanted to find
her mother.
END