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of Naoko Takeuchi, Toei Animation, Kodansha, and DiC.  They are not mine, I 
am only borrowing them for a little while.  Any other characters are mine.  
If anyone wishes to use them, please notify me first.


Just a bit of clarification:  
	the * * signify a person's thoughts
	the ***** before a section signify either a memory or a shift into 
the mindscape or dreamscape (don't worry, this will make sense eventually, I 
hope).	


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Daughters of Destiny
Part 2
by: Johnny Ng


	"Don't worry, ma'am," the police officer said to Ikuko, "We'll do our 
best to find Rhea."
	Though she couldn't stop worrying, Ikuko nodded.  "Thank you."  She 
had called the police as soon as she checked Rhea's room and found it empty.  
Serena had called her friends and went out looking for Rhea, as had Kenji and 
Sammy.  Ikuko had stayed home in the event that Rhea decided to return.
	She walked to the window and watched the police car drive up the 
street.  *Please be safe, Rhea.*

	When Serena left her house, she contacted the Scouts, Darien, and 
Trent.  Each had chosen a direction to search and went for it.
	The wind was whipping Sailor Venus's hair behind her in a long blond 
cascade.  She was hitching a ride on the roof of a semi heading up the 
coastline on a cliff road.  *This might be a long shot, but the others have 
the city pretty much covered.*
	The truck was about to turn and Venus summoned her love-chain and 
snagged an overhanging limb of a tree.  Hauling herself up, she scanned the 
area around her.  Seeing nothing at first, the blond Scout was about to head 
further north when the sound of a car stopping caught her attention.  She 
turned back and saw a taxi stopped a few miles or so behind her.  A person 
got out.  A person she recognized.
	"Rhea!"

	Rhea made her way to the road's edge and stared out at the wide 
expanse of ocean in front of her.  The moonlight glistened on the waters, 
turning them a molten silver.  She placed her hands on the metal guardrails 
and vaulted over them.  Her feet were now inches from the cliff edge.  She 
looked down and saw the surf pounding away at the sheer rock face below her.  
She closed her eyes.  
	*I'll be joining you soon, mother.*

	Sailor Venus ran as fast as she could, but she knew she couldn't 
reach Rhea.  In desperation, she clasped the sapphire pendant hanging around 
her neck.  Trent had enchanted it to act as a telepathic communicator with 
him, and she used it now.  *Trent!  I need your help!*
	Back in Tokyo, Trent was searching the warehouse district when he 
heard Mina's telepathic cry through the pendant.  *What is it, Mina?*
	*I've found Rhea!  But she's going to jump!*
	Trent took a moment and was able to draw a mental picture with the 
aid of the pendant.  He gasped.  *I'll be right there!*  He stood and 
vanished, teleporting to where he last saw Rhea.

	She was so close now.  The tangy sea breeze teased her ebony hair and 
filled her nostrils.  Rhea took a deep breath and lifted her foot...
	<"Please, don't do this.">
	Startled, Rhea stumbled back from the precipice.  "Wh-who said that?"
	In front of her the air rippled and the ghostly form of Daniel 
Takazawa appeared.  <"Hello, Rhea">
	Rhea's eyes widened, but she refrained from screaming.  "Wha...who 
are you?"
	Daniel's face grew sad.  <"I...am your father.">
	"My...father...?"
	Suddenly Trent appeared on the road behind her.  "Rhea!  Don't--
Daniel?!"
	<"Hello, brother.">
	Trent was speechless.  "How...but...you're dead."
	Daniel smiled.  <"I still am.">
	"My...father..?" Rhea repeated.
	Rhea's voice brought Trent back to his senses.  "Rhea," he said 
edging closer to the girl, "Take my hand."
	She wasn't listening.  Instead, she got up and walked closer to 
Daniel.
	The apparition was ready for anything - shouting, yelling, angry 
accusations - but he was not ready for the tears he saw in his daughter's 
eyes and her one whispered question.
	"Why did you leave?"
	Trent had had enough.  He turned to his brother.  "What's going on?  
What do you want with Rhea?"
	Daniel smiled sadly.  <"She is my daughter.">
	Trent blinked.  Words formed in his mind, but his mouth wasn't 
working.
	Seeing that his brother needed some time to digest this information, 
Daniel turned back to Rhea and sighed.  <"You have a right to ask that 
question, daughter.">
	The magus took a deep breath and gathered his thoughts.  Before he 
could answer, however, a second figure materialized next to him...a figure 
Rhea immediately recognized.
	"Mother!"
	Aeko smiled.  <"Yes, Rhea.">  There were tears in her eyes.  <"It's 
good to see you again.">
	Rhea ran and tried to wrap her arms around her mother, but they just 
passed through her.  The girl drew back, a sad look on her face.  "Mom, are 
you a...a...?"
	<"...a ghost?  I'm afraid I am, honey.">
	Rhea hugged herself tightly and looked up at her mother.  "I miss you 
so much, mom."
	<"I miss you too, Rhea, but you have wonderful friends here to look 
after you.">
	"What about you, mom?"
	Aeko smiled.  <"I have your father with me.">  She gestured and 
Daniel drifted next to her.
	Rhea looked at Daniel.  "Will take care of my mom?"
	Daniel nodded.  <"I give you my word that I will always care for and 
love your mother.">  His form began to waver, as did Aeko's.  He turned to 
his companion.  <"We don't have much time, dear.">
	Rhea bowed her head.  "I understand.  Will I ever see you again?"
	Aeko shook her head.  <"I don't know, dear, but we'll try.">
	The two spirits began to drift away.  This caused Trent to finally 
regain his senses.
	"Daniel!" he shouted, "If you're Rhea's father, that means..."
	Daniel smiled and nodded.  <"Look after her, Trent.  Teach her what 
she has to know.  I'm counting on you.">  A moment later, the couple was 
gone.
	There was the sound of running footsteps and Trent turned to see Mina 
jogging up to join them.
	Mina took a moment to catch her breath.  She had detransformed about 
a half-mile away and ran the rest of the way.  "Wha...what happened?"  She 
had seen Trent and Rhea standing at the edge of the cliff apparently talking 
to someone and she had thought she had glimpsed something hanging in the air.
	Trent turned to his girlfriend, his face still showing his shock.  
Rhea, though, was just confused.  "What did he mean when he said for you to 
look after me?" she asked.
	Now Mina was confused.  "Who said that?  What's going on here?"
	Trent replied in a dazed voice.  "It was Daniel.  He asked me to take 
care of his daughter."  Mina's eyes bulged.  "His...daughter?"  She turned to 
Rhea.  "But that would mean..."
	Rhea had gone from confused to irritated.  "What?  What?!"
	Trent lay his hand on Rhea's shoulder to try and calm her down.  
"Daniel, your father, was my brother..." 
	Realization began to dawn on Rhea's face.  "Your...brother?  That 
would make you my..."
	"Yes, Rhea.  Apparently, I'm your uncle."
	This was apparently too much for Rhea.  Her eyes rolled back and her 
knees buckled, but Mina was there to catch her before she hit the ground.
	Trent sympathized with Rhea.  "I understand how she feels."
	"Yeah, well, can we discuss this somewhere else?" Mina grunted under 
Rhea's weight, "She's getting kinda heavy."
	"How about Lita's place?  She lives alone so we won't be disturbing 
anyone."
	Mina moved Rhea onto her shoulder and pulled out her communicator.  
"All right, just let me call everyone."
	A minute later, Mina put away her communicator.  "Ok, they're all 
headed to Lita's."  She sifted Rhea again.  "You could help you know!"
	Trent smiled.  "I need to have both hands free to teleport us to 
Lita's."
	"Oh...right."
	Trent's grinned broadened and an instant later, they were gone, but 
not before the air rang with Mina's indignant echo.  
	"You don't use your hands to teleport!"

	Lita looked back at Rhea one more time before she closed the door.  
When she had arrived home, and saw Trent holding the unconscious girl, she 
immediately took charge and put Rhea in her room to rest.  Lita walked back 
to her living room, where a discussion about Rhea was in full swing.
	"You're her what?!" Raye nearly shouted.
	Trent just looked at the priestess and calmly said, "I'm her uncle."
	"What makes you so sure?"
	"Daniel told me he was her father."
	Raye's eye boggled.  "And you believed him?"
	"He had no reason to lie."
	Raye looked at Mina.  "And what do you think?"
	Mina frowned slightly.  "I don't know what to think."
	"Typical," the priestess said under her breath.
	Serena interrupted, "Is there any way to find out if Rhea _is_ 
related to Trent?"
	"I could perform a scan on both Trent and Rhea and compare the 
results," Amy said.
	Lita frowned.  "I'm not sure if we should disturb Rhea now.  She 
still hasn't woken up yet."
	"It's all right.  She doesn't need to be awake for me to do the 
scan."

*****
	"...Rhea..."
	*Who's there?*
	"...Rhea..."
	Rhea slowly opened her eyes and looked around.  She saw that she was 
floating, or at least it seemed like she was floating.  A silver-gray mist 
surrounded her.  *Where...?*
	"It's all right, Rhea.  Don't be afraid."  The mists parted, 
revealing Daniel Takazawa.
	Rhea gasped.  "Oh...it's you..."  She paused, unsure what to call 
him.
	Daniel sensed this and smiled.  "My name is Daniel, but if you want 
to, you can call me dad."
	"If it's all the same, I'll call you Daniel for now."
	The magus nodded.  "Fair enough."
	The girl looked around at the nothingness around her.  "Where am I?"
	Daniel gestured expansively.  "This is the dreamscape.  This is where 
people go when they are asleep and where dreams are formed."
	Rhea nodded and looked at her father.  "So...I'm dreaming you?"
	He laughed.  "A good question, but no.  I am here under my own 
power."
	"Just who are you?"
	"You still don't trust me, but I will tell you this.  Whether you 
believe me or not, I do love your mother."  Daniel sighed and continued 
quietly.  "It wasn't supposed to happen.  Not to me.  I had no use for love, 
nor did love have any use for me.  I had thought I had banished that emotion 
long ago, but it seemed as though I was wrong.
	"Your mother was young and beautiful, but I have seen many beautiful 
women in my thousand years of life."  He heard his daughter gasp and smiled.  
"Yes, Rhea.  I have been alive for a thousand years, maybe longer."
	"B-but how?"
	Daniel spread his arms and caused a shower of colorful sparkles to 
appear.  "Magic, my dear.  It was my birthright as well as my brother, 
Trent's.  It was also the reason why I left your mother."  He turned and 
clenched his fists.  "The magic was strong in me.  I felt its call..."  
	The magus looked thoughtful and murmured, "Could the Philosopher's 
Stone have been influencing me even then?"  He shook his head and dismissed 
the thought.  He continued, "I felt myself changing, growing morose and 
resentful of everyone else.  Everyone except your mother.  Aeko kept me sane, 
but I grew afraid.  I was afraid of losing control of my powers and hurting 
her.
	"That's why I left," Daniel finished.
	Unknown to him, Rhea had made her was next to him and when he 
finished, she lay a comforting hand on his shoulder.  "Thank you for telling 
me, Dan...dad."
	Daniel started at being called 'dad'.  He was further startled when 
his daughter put her arms around him and hugged him.  He turned around and 
awkwardly wrapped his arms around Rhea.  "No, thank you, daughter, for 
listening."
	Their embrace lasted for a while longer, then Rhea recalled 
something.  "You spoke of your brother, Trent.  Is he the same Trent I met 
earlier?"
	"In a sense, yes.  He is the reincarnation of my brother's soul."  
Daniel saw the uncomprehending look in Rhea's eyes and smiled.  "Don't worry, 
daughter.  You will understand magic soon enough.  I have entrusted your 
tutelage to your uncle."
	Rhea's eyes widened.  "You mean I'm going to be able to do magic?"
	"Yes, in time, with the right training."  Suddenly, the mists around 
them began to grow thicker and Daniel saw his form begin to fade.  "It seems 
you will be waking up soon."
	"No," Rhea cried, "I have so much to say to you..."
	Daniel was nearly gone now.  "I'm sorry, my daughter, but I do not 
know if I will speak with you again.  Know that I love your mother, and I 
love you as well..."  And he faded away.
	The mists began to swirl around Rhea and soon, she was gone as well.
*****

	Amy set her minicomputer aside.  "This might take a few minutes."  
Everyone had gathered by Rhea's bedside and she had just completed her scan 
of the girl.  Now her computer was comparing it with the scan of Trent she 
had done earlier.
	Serena turned to Trent.  "What'll you do if she is your niece?"
	He shrugged.  "I guess I'll do what my brother wants.  Take care of 
her."
	A beeping noise interrupted the conversation and Amy went over to her 
computer and looked at the results.  Typing a few commands and looking at the 
figures again, the girl-genius smile.  "It's a match.  Rhea is Daniel's 
daughter, and your niece."
	"I could have told you that," Rhea said opening her eyes.  She looked 
at Trent.  "Hello, uncle."
	Trent grimaced.  "I'd rather you not call me that.  It makes me feel 
old."
	Mina laughed and made her way over to the girl.  "How do you feel?"
	"I'm a little dizzy," Rhea said sitting up slowly, "but I'll be 
okay."  She looked around at the unfamiliar surroundings and faces around 
her.  "If you'll excuse me for asking, where am I?  And who are all of you?"
	Everyone smiled and made introductions.  "And you're at my 
apartment," Lita added.
	"So, what happens now?" Serena asked.
	"Well," Darien began and seeing Rhea yawn, "I think we should all go 
home and get some rest."  He looked at Serena.  "And you should call your 
parents and tell them that you found Rhea.  They must be worried sick."
	"Oh my God!  I totally forgot," the blond shouted racing for the 
phone.
	"Um," Rhea said timidly, "before we go, can I speak with Trent 
alone?"
	Trent hesitated but nodded and everyone else filed out of the room.  
	When it was just the two of them, Rhea began.  "When I was...
unconscious, I had this dream.  I saw Daniel...my father...and he said some 
things..."
	Trent had a feeling about what his brother might have said, but he 
didn't want to press.  "It's all right, what did he say?" he prodded gently.
	Rhea wrung her hands.  "Well, he said that he was a thousand-year-old 
sorcerer and that since I was his daughter, I could also do magic and that 
you were to teach me," she said quickly.
	There was silence for a moment then Trent answered, "He's right.  He 
is a thousand-years-old, more or less, and he was a powerful mage."
	Rhea looked up.  "What about me?  Can I do magic?"
	"Yes, I suspect you can."  Trent sat down on the bed next to his 
niece.  "Now just relax.  I'm going to perform a test to see what your latent 
magic power is."  He placed his hands on Rhea's forehead and closed his eyes.  
He began mumbling archaic phrases and his hands glowed.  The light 
intensified and Rhea closed her eyes.  Soon, though, Trent stopped chanting 
and the light faded as he removed his hands.
	"Well?" Rhea asked.
	Trent took a deep breath and opened his eyes slowly.  *Whoa*  "You 
are my niece all right.  You certainly have my brother's power."
	"So you'll teach me?"
	Trent pretended to think about this then smiled.  "Of course I will."  
Rhea cheered and hugged him.  He hugged her back, but his smile turned grim.  
*In fact, I'll have to teach you.  If I don't, your power may grow 
uncontrollable.*
	Rhea released her hug.  "So what are we going to do first?"
	"Maybe we should start tomorrow.  It is getting late."
	"Oh, please, just a little lesson?" she said looking at her uncle 
with sad eyes.
	Trent relented.  "Oh, ok.  Just listen and try to do what I do."
	Rhea nodded enthusiastically and proved to be an attentive pupil and 
soon grasped several basic fundamentals of spellcasting.
	"Good, Rhea," Trent said, "Now try those cantrips I showed you."
	She nodded and concentrated.  She did the necessary gestures...but 
nothing happened.  "What went wrong?"
	"You were trying too hard," the mage commented.  "Magic is not 
something you can force.  You must let it flow through you.  Try again, but 
this time don't think so much about how it happens, just think about it 
happening."
	"Okay."  Once again Rhea closed her eyes moved her hands, but this 
time her gestures seemed to be more fluid and controlled.  When she finished, 
she felt a sudden rush of power and opened her eyes.  There, hanging in the 
air, were three shimmering balls of energy.
	"I did it," the girl said softly.  "I did it!"
	Trent smiled.  "Yes, you did."
	There was a knock on the door and it opened revealing Mina.  "What's 
all the commotion here?"
	Rhea gasped and tried to dispel her cantrip.  *Oh no!  Now Mina knows 
about me...*  She heard her uncle laughing.  "What's so funny, Mina now knows 
that I can do magic!" she hissed.
	Trent stifled his laughter.  "I'm sorry, Rhea.  I'll handle this."  
He turned to his girlfriend and winked.  "Mina, what did you see?"
	The corner of Mina's lips curled up, but she shrugged nonchalantly.  
"Oh, I didn't see much, just some lights floating in the air.  I've seen 
better magic at a talent show."
	Rhea sighed mentally, but Mina's words depressed her.
	Trent, though, was livid.  "Talent show, huh?  I'll show you a talent 
show!"  He rose up and flung out his arms.  Thunder rumbled and winds howled.  
At his command, illusory knights appeared and did battle with phantom 
dragons.  Jagged bolts of lightning leapt from one hand while streamers of 
fire poured out of the other.  And with a clap of his hands, Trent dismissed 
them all.  
	He looked around and saw Rhea still sitting on the bed, her mouth 
hanging open and her eyes as big as footballs.  She gulped and asked.  "Will 
I be able to do that?"
	Trent smiled.  "With practice, you can do anything."  He turned to 
Mina who was leaning against the doorframe and asked smugly, "What do you 
think about that?"
	Mina snorted.  "Show off."  She turned to Rhea.  "So, before, that 
was you right?"
	Rhea saw that there was no use denying it.  "Yeah, it was my first 
spell.  It wasn't much."
	The blond beamed.  "Are you kidding?  It was fantastic!  Pretty soon, 
you'll be able to do what your Uncle Trent can do."
	"So you know that Trent can do magic?"
	"Of course I...," a sudden realization struck Mina, "Trent hasn't 
told you about me and my friends yet, has he?"  Rhea shook her head and Mina 
smiled.  "Well, have we got something to show you."
	Darien stuck his head through the door.  "Perhaps some other time, 
Mina.  It's getting late and if your parents are anything like Serena's, 
they're probably waiting up for you."
	"Trust me, they are," Trent interjected, "but don't worry.  I'll 
teleport you all home."
	"Well, that's a relief."  Darien chuckled.  "I was afraid that I was 
going to have to take all the girls home in my car."

	Serena, Rhea, and Trent all materialized next a clump of trees near 
the Tsukino house.
	Rhea stumbled for an instant, unused to teleporting.  "Wow, that'll 
take some getting used to."
	"You should go now," Trent told them, "it's getting late."
	"C'mon, Rhea," Serena said tugging on the girl's arm, "my parents' 
are probably going to kill me."
	Rhea hesitated and turned to her uncle.  Trent smiled.  "Go on, I'll 
see you tomorrow.  We'll continue your training then."
	She nodded and followed Serena home.


End Part 2