Hello!  And welcome to chapter 2 of "Truths, Family and Friends."  
*watches as everyone reading this passes out from shock and thinks 
that they're either dead or dreaming*  Yeah...hee-hee...guess it 
has been a long time, ne?  Just a really long time!  Gomen nasai, 
minna-san!  I really am so sorry for not getting this out sooner!

And just a warning, I start school Wednesday August 16th, so I won't 
be writing as much.  I'm a Junior this year, yea!  *girns*

Here's a short re-cap of the last chapter:
Darien has begun having the dream of Serena dying and attempts to 
break up with her.  Right when he's about to, he breaks down and 
decides he can't.  Later, they tell the others about the dream and 
through the Fire, Raye is able to show everyone the dream.  Upon 
seeing what Darien's dream is predicting Luna and Artemis forbade 
the two from seeing each other.  And so the story starts...again!

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RATING: PG

DISCLAIMER: Why are you even reading this?!  Just read the story!  
If they want to sue me, they have to prove that I claim to own it, 
which I never once have!

Quote of the Week: "The world and it's philosophers will argue 
with my statement, but this is what I know.  At the age of sixteen, 
I know why I live.  The meaning of life is not to solve humanities 
problems, or bring peace to the world, but to love.  If the world 
didn't have love in it, then it wouldn't have made it this far.  
Love brings peace, and solves problems...so are we searching for 
something that is right in front of us?" 
- Stefanie Craig.  I don't know what I was thinking when I thought 
this, but I really do like it. :)

TRUTHS, FAMILY AND FRIENDS
CHAPTER 2

__________Trying to Stay Away From Love__________

Rini kicked the sand as she slowly swung back and forth on the 
swing she was sitting on.  She wasn't putting any power into her
movements and could only stare blankly at the ground.  She had been 
there for almost two weeks, and they were still no closer to 
finding the Silver Crystal.  If Serena had it, she was hiding it 
well.

"Rini," Alec's voice interrupted her thoughts.  Rini blinked and 
looked up to see her older brothers' face looking at her with 
concern.  "You've been here for an hour, I think we should go 
home."

Rini shook her head and grasped a chain around her neck tightly.  
"I don't wanna go back there.  Serena hates us!  And she doesn't 
have the Crystal!" she cried.  "It's not fair!"

Alec narrowed his eyes at Rini.  "It was your idea to come back 
here!" he yelled at her.  Rini gasped as she looked up at her 
brother.  His fists were clenched and tears shone in his eyes.  "We 
could be at home with the Sailor Soldiers, but you decided that we 
had to come back here!"

Rini blinked back her own tears and stood up.  "What are you talking 
about?!  We need the Silver Crystal to save mommy and the future!  
And since..." she trailed off, not wanting to finish her sentence.

Alec's eyes softened and he hugged his sister.  "It's okay, Rini.  
I'm sorry I yelled.  It's just different here then home."

"RINI!  ALEC!" a panicked voice called from not too far away.

The two children looked up in shock and saw Serena running towards 
them.  "Rini!  Alec!" she yelled before she spotted them.  Running 
up to them, she stopped and began taking slow, deep breaths.  "There you...two...are!  I've been looking every where!" she managed out.

They didn't answer her, but Serena kept talking.  "Come on, you 
weren't supposed to be gone this long," she leaned down and took 
Rini's hand, but she immediately pulled away.  Serena was startled 
but just looked sadly at Rini for a moment before turning to Alec.  
"We have to go," she offered her hand to Alec.  "Will you come?"

Alec looked at her hand skeptically.  Serena smiled at him and kept 
her hand out.  Alec smiled back and tentatively took her hand in 
his.  "Okay," he said softly.

Rini narrowed her eyes at Alec.  He wasn't like this normally.  Rini 
jumped forward and grabbed Serena's other hand, holding it tightly.  
"Is it dinnertime?" she asked Serena.

"Just about," Serena answered as they started off.  "Mom and Dad are 
going to ground me if we don't get back soon."

They walked in comfortable silence for a few minutes before Serena 
dared to open her mouth.  "Who are you two?" she suddenly asked.  
The two children looked at each other, eyes panicked, and didn't 
answer.  "I won't hurt you.  I just want to know who you are, and 
why my parents think you're my cousins."

"We are your cousins, Serena," Alec choked out, suddenly wishing 
Rini had hypnotized Serena.

Shaking her head, Serena stopped smiling.  "No, you're not.  I 
know that but...if you want to keep pretending that you are, I 
don't think there's anything that I can do about it.  Just try to 
stay out of trouble."

The two children nodded and then faced forward again.  Serena
narrowed her eyes slightly as she caught the two children's profiles 
in the fading sunlight.  'Rini's hair is just like mine...why would 
she wear that hairstyle?  Only my family even knows how to put it 
up!!'  She sighed and looked to Alec.  She had lived with the 
children for more than two weeks but she had never noticed how much 
he looked like Darien.  Serena's eyes widened.  'No...these children 
couldn't be-'

"Serena!" Rini yelled from a head of her.  Serena snapped out of her 
stupor and looked to see the children far a head of her.  Sighing, 
she ran to catch up with them, forgetting about what she had been 
thinking.

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Darien watched Serena as she led the two children back home.  It 
had been a week since Luna's verdict, and it was killing him inside 
that he couldn't do anything but watch her from afar.  He did see 
her everyday, but if Luna was around (and she usually was) he couldn't 
come with in ten feet of Serena with out her reminding him to stay 
away.  Needless to say, his life was officially a living hell.

He was doing everything he could to see her.  He went so far as to 
sitting at her window at night.  It was the same every night.  He 
would arrive at eleven thirty, and watch her sleep.  He prayed every 
night that Luna wouldn't wake up and see him.  He watched as the 
two children often came into Serena's room and slept in her bed.  
It was quite comical watching three people trying to sleep in a 
twin-sized bed.

Darien turned around and began to walk back to his house but stopped 
suddenly.  "I had a feeling you would do this, Darien," Raye said 
with no emotion in her voice.

Stopping and turning, Darien came face to face with the Soldier of 
Fire.  "Raye!  Please don't-"

Raye shook her head.  "I'm as scared for her as you are...though 
I'm not sure if the dreams are true or not, I don't think that you 
two being apart is the answer.  I won't tell Luna or Artemis, Mina 
would kill me, but just try and be more discreet about it, kay?" 
She winked as she walked off.

Darien smiled at her as she walked off.  'Thank you, Raye.'

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Rubeus studied the over-view map of Tokyo and frowned.  "Catsy, 
come here!" he called to the thin air.

As soon as her name was called, Catsy appeared behind Rubeus.  
"Yes, Rubeus?" she asked.

The map zoomed up on a small boating marina in one of Tokyo's parks.  
"This is the next Crystal Point that I need you to take over, Catsy.  
It's a small boating marina in the center of Tokyo Park.  I expect 
you to work quickly on it," he said with a slight hint of anger at 
her for failing her last mission.

Catsy gulped and nodded.  "Yes sir.  I won't fail you this time, 
Rubeus!"

Rubeus turned away and walked up to a mirror, preparing to exit 
the room.  "You had better.  For your own sake."

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Rini and Alec bounced Luna P back and forth to each other with no 
real effort in their game.  They had arrived back at the Tsukino 
house a few minuets before dinner had started and Serena had gotten 
in trouble for keeping them out so late.  They had snickered 
quietly when they saw her getting punished, but stopped as soon as 
she nodded yes and murmured something about it never happening 
again before walking to the table and setting it.  As soon as dinner 
was over, they had asked permission to go to the park, insisting 
they go alone.  They were big enough.  It hadn't taken much 
convincing, surprisingly, and the two children had bolted as fast 
as their short legs had been able to carry them.

And that's where they still were.  At the park, aimlessly bouncing 
the Luna P back and forth, back and forth.  Neither of them had said 
a word about Serena's strange behavior.  But when they had first 
come, Serena had always insisted it wasn't her fault and that they 
ran away from her when she took them anywhere.  It was the truth, 
but they weren't about to tell that to Auntie Ilene!  Over the past 
two weeks, something slowly began to change.  Serena's eyes no 
longer held the fire they used to and she no longer argued with her 
parents about when she lost her cousins.

Alec sighed and caught Luna P.  "I wonder what changed so suddenly?" 
he whispered as he clutched the small toy close to his chest.  Rini 
looked up at him in shock and blinked.  "I mean, she's been getting 
sadder and sadder since we arrived and that Darien guy seems to 
come around a lot less too."  He furrowed his brow.  "Could that be 
the reason?"

Rini sighed, used to her brother's logic.  Her mother would always 
shake her head at him and tell him that if he thought too much he'd
end up a geek like her father.  Of course, her father was always in 
the room when she said that and would start chasing her mother 
around, demanding she take it back.  Rini smiled at the memory.  
That had actually happened a few days before....

"Maybe you're right, Alec," Rini said softly as she broke off her 
own thoughts.  Rini reached and took her brothers hand, and she 
offered her silent comfort to him as he did to her.  Alec handed 
Rini Luna P and they continued to walk towards the center of the 
park in silence.

Ten minuets later they stopped and gazed in awe at a beautiful
structure.  It looked like just about any other building in Tokyo, 
but beyond the walls they could see tall, proud masts of ships.  
"It's a Maraina!" Rini exclaimed.

Alec rolled his eyes.  "That's Marina, dork!" he told his younger
sibling.

Rini blushed and scowled at him.  "I knew that!  I was just 
testing you!"

"Were not!" Alec shot back, actually happy that they were reverting 
to their normal way of dealing with each other.

"Were too!"

"WERE NOT!"

"TOO!"

"NOT!"

"TOO!"

"NOTNOTNOTNOTNOTNOTNOTNOTNOTNOT!"

"TOO, TIMES INFINITY!!  There!  There's no higher number so I win!" 
Alec exclaimed in triumph.


Rini glared at him and then looked back to what she could see of 
the tall ships.  "Maybe we can come here tomorrow!  We can ask 
Serena!  Or Darien!"

Alec nodded, his black hair falling in his eyes.  "Yeah...that'd 
be fun."

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Catsy floated over the top of the Marina and sighed.  "What a 
pathetic place.  I suppose I should start.  Rubeus will be angry if 
I put this off any longer."

Catsy floated down to the ground and stepped through the door, 
literally, and began her procedure.

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"Mom!  I'm supposed to be going out with the girls today!" Serena 
half-whined, half-reasoned to her mother.

"I do not care!  You are going to take them or you are grounded!" 
Ilene yelled at her daughter.

"Yes, ma'am..." Serena muttered as she grabbed her purse and stalked 
out side to where Alec and Rini were sitting with Luna.  "Come on, 
you two!" she said in a fake cheerful voice.  "I'm taking you to the 
Marina today!"

"Yea!" both Rini and Alec chimed at the same time as they jumped up.


Serena sighed. "Yeah...yea..." she muttered as she took each of the 
children's hands, albeit, with much protesting from Rini.


Luna hopped up onto her mistress' shoulder and took a free ride.  
She couldn't let Serena be alone, especially not with Rini and Alec, 
two Dark Moon targets, with her.

*******************************************************************

Darien wiped the steam off of the mirror and gazed into it with 
little interest.  He pressed his hand against the glass and sighed.  
"It's so hard being away from you, Serena.  I can only watch you 
from afar now."  Sighing again, Darien left the room and got 
dressed.


He was about to venture out for the day when he opened the door and 
saw Lita and Mina poised outside, ready to ring the doorbell.  "Oh, 
hey there, Darien!" Lita greeted with a grin.

Darien blinked and then smiled slightly.  "Hello, you two.  Is 
there something I can do for you?" he asked.

Mina grinned, albeit a little evilly, and answered.  "Actually...I 
have it on good authority that Serena is taking Rini and Alec to 
the Marina in the center of the park.  And with *two* Dark Moon 
targets, we *really* shouldn't let them be *alone,*" Mina 
emphasized.

Darien's smile widened significantly.  "Yes, I really don't think 
that's a good idea."  Darien grabbed his green jacket and ran out 
the door.  "Thank you!" he called over his shoulder as he entered 
the elevator and rode down the stairs.

Lita leaned up against the doorframe as Mina closed the door and 
they began to walk down to the elevators.  "I know that Luna and 
Artemis are only looking out for the Prince and Princess, but I 
really don't think that this is the best way to keep them safe."

"I know," Mina sighed.  "It's barely keeping the two of the sane.  
And while Serena has us...Darien doesn't really have anyone.  We're 
trying to be with both of them, but they don't need us."

"They need each other," the two girls finished together as the 
elevator doors closed and they rode downstairs in silence.

'And besides...my instincts as the Goddess of Love tell me this is 
right.  We need to keep them together,' Mina said to herself.


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Serena, Rini and Alec looked around the Marina in awe.  It was 
beautifully constructed with several large boats at each of the 
piers.  It wasn't a huge establishment, but it was big enough for 
being in a park.  Plus they had an activities center inside the 
building.  Serena breathed deeply and bent down so she was at the 
two children's level.  "So, do you guys want to ride a boat or go 
to the aquarium inside?" she asked them.


"The boats!" Alec and Rini exclaimed at the same time.

"Alright then!" Serena smiled as she walked to the ticket booth.

"Serena," Luna whispered from her shoulder as soon as they were out 
of earshot of the two children.  "I'm going to stay here, inside.  
It's hot and well...I don't do well on boats."

"That's okay, Luna," Serena told her as Luna jumped off of her 
shoulder and slipped inside.  "We'll be find with out you."

"Especially since I'll be here with you," a voice whispered into 
her ear.

Serena gasped and whirled around.  "Darien!" she exclaimed as she 
threw her arms around her boyfriend's neck.  Darien wrapped his 
arms around her waist and pulled her close to him.  "Darien, I've 
missed you so much.  We can only see each other from afar..."

Darien leaned down and gently kissed Serena's lips.  "I know, 
Serena, I know."

"Serena!" Rini whined.  "Have you got the tickets yet?" she called 
as she and Alec ran up to her and Darien.  "Hi there, Darien!"

"Hello, you two," Darien greeted.  "And don't worry, I've got your 
tickets," he told them as he held up four pieces of paper.  "We're 
going on a boat that takes us all the way around the lake where 
we'll get off and eat lunch.  Does that sound okay?"

"Yeah!" the other three exclaimed, causing Darien to laugh.  Putting 
an arm around Serena's shoulders, and taking Rini's hand while 
Serena took Alec's, Darien led them to the docks where the boat was 
waiting.

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Catsy smiled as she watched her minions, humans occupied with her 
energy, rush about the small ship doing everything she commanded.  
'A girl could get used to this type of service!' she thought with 
an evil smirk.  She stood tall in her captains' uniform and glanced 
around the boat.  It was lunchtime, and she heard that only four 
tickets had been sold for the next cruise.  Grinning, she remembered 
where all the other people who had come on this particular boat 
were, and knew that it would be easy to convince only four to get 
off on the other side.

"Come on, you guys!" a small child's voice called from the plank 
that led to the ship.  Catsy watched a small girl, about five years 
old, rushed up and stopped when she reached the deck.  Soon after 
her a boy about six joined her and they both looked around in awe.

Catsy's eyes got impossibly wide as she recognized the two children.
'It just can't be!  I couldn't get *this* lucky!  Oh, is Rubeus 
going to be happy when he hears that I captured a Crystal Point and 
those two brats!'

"Hey!" she looked down and saw the girl with pink hair, Rini she 
remembered her name being, tugging on her pant's leg.  "When are 
we going?" she asked.

Catsy smiled cruelly.  "As soon as the other two passenger's come, 
deary."

Serena and Darien suddenly ran up the ramp and saw the two children.
"Rini!  Alec!" Darien yelled.  "What do you think you're doing? 
You could have gotten lost!"

"Well, you must be the other two passengers," Catsy said to Serena 
and Darien, who were busy scolding the two children.  "We'll be 
leaving now."

Serena watched the Captain walk away and furrowed her brow.  
"Darien...doesn't she look familiar to you?" she inquired.

Darien looked up and watched Catsy.  "Yes...she does.  Who is she?"

"I don't know."

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Rini looked at the scenery around her with a huge smile on her 
face.  She'd never seen this part of Tokyo park, and it thrilled 
her.  There were ducks and even geese on the lake.  She could see 
the other side of the lake and knew that they were going to dock 
soon.  "Hey, Rini?" Alec whispered to his sister.

"What is it, Alec?" she asked as she turned to look at her brother.

Alec's sky blue eyes were filled with worry as he answered.  "That 
woman...she looks just like Catsy from the Dark Moon!" he told her 
in a slightly panicked voice.

Rini looked at the Captain and rolled her eyes.  "Yeah, right, Alec!  
She can't be...could she?!" she asked.

The ship suddenly shuddered to a halt and the two children grabbed 
onto each other to keep balance.  "Why did we stop?" Alec muttered
as he looked and saw that they were at a dock, but not at the dock 
they were supposed to be.

"Why are we here?" Darien asked the "Captain" cautiously.

The "Captain" laughed.  "Because...I need you miserable, pathetic 
humans to be filled with dark energy!" she cried out as she changed 
from her captain's outfit to her normal tutu and tights outfit.  
"The two of you shall complete me taking over this Crystal Point!  
And I shall take the two brats back to Rubeus!" she announced as 
she held her hands out.

Serena swore under her breath and grabbed Alec, as Darien grabbed 
Rini, and ran off the boat.  "Great!" Serena hissed sarcastically 
as she and Darien ran to a small grove of trees.  Exchanging a 
look over the children's heads', and they set them down.

"Okay, you two stay here and don't make a sound!" Serena ordered.

The two children nodded silently and huddled closer together in the 
small bush they were in.

Darien took Serena's hand and they rushed off.  As they were 
running, Serena pulled out her new, white, communicator and began 
to give the others directions to where they were.


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Catsy floated down where she saw the small group run and sighed.  
"Great, now I have to look for them.  This day can't get any wo-"

"MOON TIARA MAGIC!"

A disk of light spiraled towards Catsy and slashed her arm.  Catsy 
cried out and held her hand.  "What was that?!" she cried out as 
she looked around and saw no one.

"That was me!" a now beginning to be familiar voice called out.

"Not you..." she muttered under her breath as she turned to find 
the small figure of Sailor Moon and the tall silhouette of Tuxedo 
Mask behind her.  "I should have know you would come!"

Sailor Moon's face didn't change.  "You should have, you would 
have, you didn't!"

Catsy scowled at her.  "Well, no use in me breaking a nail over 
you, Droid First Mate!" she called.  A tall droid made of water 
and wearing a sailor suit appeared beside Catsy.  "Get rid of 
those two, and find the two brats when you're done!" she commanded 
as she disappeared.


"Yes, madam," the droid responded.  It turned to face the two heroes 
and grinned.  With a roar, water erupted out of its' hands and 
headed straight for them.

Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Mask dodged in opposite directions as the 
water crushed the ground where they had just been.  They looked 
at where they had been standing and gave silent thanks for jumping 
out of the way in time.

"TUXEDO LA SMOKING BOMBER!"

A bright, white-blue light encompassed the area and slammed into 
the droid, sending it flying into a nearby tree.  Slowly, the droid 
stood up and faced the two warriors angrily.  As it was about to 
lunge at them, an attack sounded through the small field.

"MERCURY BUBBLES BLAST!"

The droid looked around and saw nothing around it.  After a few 
seconds, the smoke cleared and six warriors stood where two once 
were.  The droid glared and powered up, sending a gigantic spray 
of water towards them.

"MARS FIREBIRD STRIKE!"

The flames were quickly extinguished and kept coming.  "Look out!" 
Jupiter yelled as she jumped out of the way and pulled Venus with 
her.

"VENUS CRESCENT BEAM SMASH!"

The light beam went right through the droid who smiled evilly.  
"Okay, that can't be good..." Venus murmured.

Mercury looked around.  She could feel inside of her, the power that 
Luna had recently given her, given all of them.  It would help, 
even if only a little bit.

"MERCURY ICE STORM BLAST!" (AN: This was the first dub name for 
Shine Aqua Illusion, I like it, so this is what it is.  Not that I 
don't like Aqua Illusion better, but this is dub.)

The warriors watched in amazement as the droid became frozen solid. 
"Whoa...cool new attack, Mercury!" Jupiter exclaimed as she powered 
down slightly.

"Those new pens of Luna's must work really well!" Venus exclaimed 
with slight glee.

Sailor Moon nodded, remembering when she got her own power up, and 
pulled out her Scepter.

"MOON SCEPTER ELIMINATION!"

The frozen droid seemed to look at the oncoming attack in fear
before it was disintegrated into dust.

Sailor Moon let out her breath and smiled at her friends.  "Great 
new attack, Mercury!  Congratulations!" she said with glee.

"Yes, that's great and all, but how did you get here so fast, Tuxedo 
Mask?" Luna asked as she came up from behind the girls.  Tuxedo Mask 
looked away from Luna, and didn't answer.  He could lie to just 
about anyone, but Luna was one of the few er...people he couldn't 
lie to.  "I thought so!  You're following her, aren't you?!  DO YOU 
WANT HER TO DIE, PRINCE?!" Luna demanded from Tuxedo Mask.

Tuxedo Mask grit his teeth together.  "You try it Luna!  YOU TRY 
TO STAY AWAY FROM THE PERSON YOU LOVE!" he yelled back.  Luna 
took a step back in shock and everyone looked to Tuxedo Mask, wide-
eyed.  A small crowed had gathered and they were taking pictures 
of the scene, but none of the Soldier's cared.  "I'm trying, I 
really am, but I can't leave her alone!"

Luna sighed.  "I know this is hard for both of you...but you must-"

Luna stopped suddenly, as she heard the small sound of crying coming 
from the bushes.  "Shoot," Sailor Moon whispered under her breath.  
"Rini and Alec!"  She and Tuxedo Mask ran to the place they had 
left the children, with the others close behind.

"Rini, Alec," Sailor Moon whispered as she bent down and saw that 
Rini was sniffling and trying to wipe away her tears.  "Are you 
both all right?" she asked.

Alec looked up at Sailor Moon and bravely nodded.  "Of course!" he 
exclaimed with false cheerfulness.  "But...where are Serena and 
Darien?" he asked as he looked around.

Mars and Mercury exchanged looks.  Venus walked over to the nearest 
tree and began hitting her head on the trunk while Jupiter 
restrained herself from strangling the child.

"Don't worry, Alec," Tuxedo Mask told him, "I know they're fine."

Rini wiped her nose and blinked.  "Really?"

"Of course."

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"I DON'T BELIEVE YOU!  YOUR OWN DREAMS ARE PREDICTING HER DEATH AND 
YOU STILL SEE HER!  ENDYMION, I DON'T CARE IF YOU'RE THE PRINCE, 
YOU CAN NOT BE AROUND HER UNLESS IT'S IN BATTLES!" Luna screamed at 
Darien in his apartment.

Artemis sighed.  "You really don't need to yell, Luna," he told 
her as he placed a paw on her shoulder.  "Take some deep breaths.  
Calm down."  Luna took several deep breaths and Artemis turned to 
Darien, who was sitting on his couch, obviously trying to contain 
his anger.  "I do have to agree with her, Darien.  You *are* 
predicting her demise, and we can't figure out the nature of these 
dreams.  They could very well be a threat to our Princess from an 
outside force."


"I can't Artemis," Darien said softly.  "I just can't stay away 
from her!  It's impossible!" he told him with a tear in his eye.

Artemis jumped up and stood on Darien's coffee table.  "I know, 
Darien.  But please, for her sake, don't go near her."


Darien looked away from the white cat and sighed.  "I...I can't 
promise anything.  I can't promise something I can't keep."

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"So you failed again, Catsy?" a man sitting on a throne asked.

Catsy and Rubeus were kneeling in a dark room, obviously a throne 
room, and struggling to keep their cool.  Catsy swallowed hard.  
"Yes, Prince Diamond.  I-those Sailor Soldiers keep showing up.  
They seem to be protecting the young Prince and Princess.  I can't 
get close enough to them."

Prince Diamond took a sip of his brandy and looked over Catsy 
carefully.  "No excuse.  Those girls should be no trouble for you 
and your powers, Catsy."

"Prince, you don't understand!" Rubeus interrupted.  Diamond turned 
to glare at him before he continued.  "Sailor Moon is still alive 
in this time!"

Prince Diamond gave a small start.  "Sailor Moon?  You mean the 
legends are true?" he asked.

"It would seem that way, Prince," a raspy voice from the side of 
Diamond said.  The Wiseman appeared before all in the room, his 
hands moving around his crystal ball.  "The legendary Sailor Soldier 
of the Moon is alive in this time.  She displays incredible power 
and also seems very protective of the children."

Prince Diamond stood up and paced slightly.  "Sailor Moon...every 
warrior alive has wanted to meet the one who could destroy Metalia 
of the Negaverse.  You should consider yourself honored to meet 
such a warrior.  Especially since she is no longer alive in Crystal 
Tokyo."  Prince Diamond smiled slightly and shook his head.  "A 
pity.  Destroy her.  She's in the way, just like all the others."

"Yes, Prince," Catsy and Rubeus replied together.

*******************************************************************

Serena pulled the covers up to Rini's chin and smiled at her.  She 
was so peaceful when she was asleep.  But then again, even people 
from the Dark Forces probably looked peaceful while sleeping.  
"Sleep well, Child.  No one deserves to go through what you are."

"Serena?" a timid voice whispered from behind her.

Serena turned around and saw Alec standing there.   "What is it, 
Alec?" she asked with a smile.

Alec bit his lip and walked up to her.  "Are you sure that you're 
okay?  You didn't get hurt earlier did ya?" he asked.

Serena shook her head.  "No, I'm fine.  But...do you want to tell 
me why that woman was after you and Rini?" she inquired.

Alec looked down.  And he didn't answer.

Serena sighed and shook her head.  "I don't understand.  I don't 
think I ever will until you both open up to me.  What ever you're 
hear for...not even the Sailor Soldiers can help until you tell 
them something."

Alec climbed into Serena's bed next to his sister.  "I'm sorry...
Serena."

Serena sighed and looked sat down on her window seat.  Just as she 
looked out the window she saw a piece of black fabric flutter in 
the breeze.  She walked over to the side and opened her balcony 
door.  (AN: She is shone having a window seat in the earlier 
seasons, and later she has a balcony, so I'm using both.)  Sitting 
on the balcony was a single, perfect, red rose.

To be continued...

IT'S DONE!!!!!!!  YATTA!!!!!!!!!  That's it for chapter 2, stay 
tuned for chapter 3, hopefully in the next two weeks or so.  
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