See? I told you I'd have this out soon!  Wednesday is quick, isn't 
it?  SEE?!  Well thanks to all who have written me, and those who 
haven't...A CURSE!!  A curse on both your houses!  Oops, sorry, 
that's Romeo and Juliet.  My bad. Lol.

Okay, here's the next chapter of Truths, Family and Friends.  
Please enjoy, please mail and I please, from a good source, break 
out the tissues.  Thanks to Kel-baka-chan for editing for me and 
point out a few of my mistakes. :)

RATING: PG...sounds about right.  Tell me afterwards.

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Quote of the Week: Well, this must be what they call destiny.
Darunia, Zelda game

__________Different Views__________

Darien watched as Serena slept, her chest slowly rising and falling 
evenly, not like it had been the night before.  He had refused to 
let her go, with as hurt as she had been the night before, he just 
couldn't.  One of the girls had been close by all night, he could 
feel that in his bones, but they hadn't dared to come into the 
apartment after what had happened before.  They had somehow even 
managed to keep Luna away; how Darien didn't want to know, but he was 
sure it was painful for whoever had done it.

Serena had been restless all night, calling out for him, Luna, her 
mother and even Queen Serenity.  He had found the reason why when
he took her temperature, it was far above normal and she was 
obviously delusional.  Sometime around three in the morning, her 
crying out had been reduced to dull whimpers and mild tears, a 
relief to Darien. Sometimes during the night, Darien had moved Serena 
to his room so she would be more comfortable, and hopefully get 
better sooner.  Right now, it was around eleven in the morning and 
he had had Serena for eleven hours longer than he was supposed to 
have, a thought that surprised him.

Look at her again, Darien felt regretful tears in his eyes from 
knowing he had caused this.  He had caused her pain and suffering; 
that was unforgivable in his book.  And all because he didn't stay 
away.  "It was the right thing...right?  Being with you, my love," 
he whispered hoarsely, "it was always the right thing.  Always 
feeling you near me, never wanting to be away...but is that why 
this happened?"

"No, Darien," a voice whispered from behind him.

Darien stood and whipped to face a familiar blue haired girl 
wearing a blue sailor suit.  His hackles immediately went up and 
Darien glowered at the girl who, last night, was unable to answer 
either aye or nay to a simple question, one that was ultimately 
going to seal his and Serena's fate.  "What are you doing here, 
Mercury?" he asked coldly.

Unfazed by the coldness her Prince was displaying, Mercury activated 
her Visor and Palm Top computer, and walked forward to her Princess.  
"She has a slight fever, but her wounds are healing nicely.  She 
should wake up in the next six or so hours, Prince," Mercury said 
softly after a few moments of awkward silence.  "I don't think you 
need to worry about her, she's out of danger now."

"The HELL she is!" Darien roared, causing the small girl to jump 
back in fright.  "As long as she fights, she will be in danger," 
Darien told her, his voice filled with anger, mostly at himself.  
"Why her?" he asked Mercury.

Sailor Mercury closed her palm top and sighed.  "Prince, she is 
the only one.  None of us have the power to defeat those creatures, 
Droids, so she must do it for us."  She looked away.  "I'm sorry 
about not saying anything last night, Prince.  I thought about it, 
though.  What you said, that is," she supplied hurriedly.  "If she 
is meant to die, you staying away from her, in my opinion, won't be 
the deciding factor.  Luna and Artemis won't budge on this, and I
can't blame them; everything points to the vision being right."  
Mercury stood and walked to the window, opening it.  "And Prince, 
don't blame yourself.  One of us should be lying in that bed.  We 
should have been faster," she whispered in a pained voice as she 
jumped and ran back to her school.

Darien smiled after the blue-haired girl.  "Thank you, Mercury."

In her sleep, Serena moaned and rolled over slightly.  "Darien...
don't leave me..." she whispered as a tear streaked down her cheek.

Darien wiped the tear away and kissed Serena's forehead softly.  "I 
won't, Princess.  I won't."  Darien lay down next to her on the bed 
and stroked her cheek gently before wrapping his arms around her 
waist and pulling her close to him.  Inhaling her scent, he could 
feel her relaxing, and he too, relaxed.  In moments, he was asleep 
with nothing on his mind but the sweet seraphim lying in his arms.

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

"I don't understand it..." Alec whispered to himself as he slouched 
against the building's wall.  He was alone at his school and waiting 
for one of the girls to pick him up since Serena hadn't come back 
the night before.  "Why?"

<:Flashback:>

"You two stay here!" Serena whispered to Alec and Rini as she set 
them down far out of the range of the fighting.  "I'll be back 
soon!"

Rini let out a frightened whimper and Serena stroked her hair back.
"Oh, don't worry, Rini.  I'm sure the Sailor Warriors will take care 
of everything when they get here!" she reassured the girl.  "They 
always do."  Serena waited only a moment longer, feeling the urgency 
of her boyfriend back in the room with the strange women, before 
she started running again.

Rini narrowed her eyes at the blonde and picked up her Luna Ball.  
"Luna-P Magic!" she cried as the ball bounced to Serena and hit her 
on the back, knocking her down.  She fell to the ground with a 
thump and rolled over.  "You aren't going anywhere, Meatball Head!" 
Rini told the older girl.

"Rini, why?" Serena asked as she started standing up, a dull ache in 
her back.

"Because, you have the Silver Crystal!  We know you have it!" Alec 
said to her in a slightly dead voice.  "We need it Serena.  We have 
to have it."

Serena smiled tenderly at the two children.  "I know you do...and I 
want you to have it.  But you're only children, and the Sailor 
Soldiers have to fight this."  She looked sad and mumbled something 
under her breath before she ran off.

Rini huffed and rolled her eyes.  "She wants us to have it?  Then 
why doesn't she just admit it and let us!"

"Shut up, Rini," Alec whispered in shock.  He had heard.  He had 
heard what she had said before she ran off, and it scared him.  
"Just shut up and let her go."

<:End Flashback:>

"She's Sailor Moon..." he whispered.  "Serena is Sailor Moon!"

She had said so herself, but he knew he wasn't supposed to hear 
what she had said so he couldn't tell her, or Rini for that matter.  
Rini looked up to Sailor Moon, and Serena, he couldn't tell her.  
If he told his sister, she wouldn't be the same Sailor Moon that 
their father had told them about in stories...and the Sailor Moon
in their stories died.

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

"So he's still blaming himself, Amy?" Lita asked as they walked 
down tenth street to where they would meet Mina, and then Raye.  
After that, all four of them would go and pick up Rini and Alec 
from school and make some lame excuse for her parents as to why she 
still wasn't home.  A fun-filled afternoon for kids of all ages!

Amy nodded her head as Mina walked up and began walking with them.  
"Yes, and I don't think we're going to be able to easily sway him 
from believing that this time.  That dream isn't helping," she 
muttered darkly.

"But they can't be apart either!" Mina exclaimed.  "They'll die 
with out each other now that they've met."

Raye joined the group and sighed.  She didn't need any explanation 
as to what they were talking about.  It was all they had talked 
about for the past few weeks.  "But Mina," she spoke up gently, 
"it is the way of the Gods.  The Earth and the Moon were forever 
apart until those two came along.  Now that they're together again, 
a fiery vengeance is being placed upon them."

They were silent for several more moments, until Lita spoke.  
"Speaking of fire, have you consulted the Fire on this anymore, 
Raye?"

"Of course!" Raye snapped.  "I'm up every night seeing if there is 
anything new, but nothing comes and they're still apart!  It's so 
hard to see them like this.  If only there was something we could 
do."

They had approached the school by now and immediately stopped talking 
as they saw Rini leaning against the building with her brother.  As 
soon as Rini spotted the girls she waved and ran to them.  "Hi, 
everyone!" she called as she stopped in front of them.

Mina knelt down and patted the girl on the head.  "How was your 
day, sweetie?" Mina asked the pink haired child.

"It was great!  Let's go home, Auntie Ilene made cookies for us!" 
Rini shouted as she started to walk off, only to stop seconds later.  
Looking back, she saw her brother still leaning up against the 
wall, staring into space.  "Alec!  Aren't you coming home?!" she 
asked.

Alec snapped out of his daydream and looked to see his sister and 
Serena's friends standing by the gate, waiting for him to come with 
them.  With a start, he saw in their eyes who they really were. 
'Mercury...Mars...Jupiter...Venus...'  His eyes grew impossibly 
wide at the startling information.  'From the Thirtieth Century.  
They're the same!' his mind whispered to him.  "Uh...yeah!  Sorry, 
I'm coming!" he yelled as he jumped down the steps and ran to 
catch up with them.  "I thought Aunt Ilene said she was going on 
some errands today, Rini," Alec asked his sister.

Rini blinked.  "Oh yeah, I forgot.  I still hope she made us 
some cookies!"

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


Darien opened Serena's balcony door as carefully as he could with 
her in his arms.  Turning, he closed the door just as carefully, 
and walked to Serena's bed, placing her gently atop the covers.  
Serena smiled in content and opened her eyes.  Slowly, gazing up 
at the face she knew all too well.  "Hey, baby," Darien whispered 
to her while tracing her cheek with his finger.

"Hi..." Serena croaked out, her voice cracking slightly from the 
under use in the past fifteen hours.  Glancing around, she saw 
that she was in her room, in her bed and she gasped.  "Wait, how-"

Darien silenced her with a finger to her lips.  "After the attack, 
the girls made up an excuse for you to not be home and I took you 
to my place," he told her.  With a sigh, he told her what events 
had taken place between himself and the cats after the attack and 
watched as Serena paled at the end.

"No...they can't do this!" Serena cried as she stood unsteadily.  
Her wounds had almost healed fully, and most of her blood had 
replenished, but she still felt lightheaded as she stood.  Darien 
caught her arms and guided her so that she was lying down again. 
"Artemis and Luna can't do this."

"I'm afraid we can, Serena," Artemis suddenly spoke up from the 
outside of the door.  He and Luna stepped in, their faces etched 
with worry; as much worry as they could show.  "Please Darien, 
just for now," he told him.

For once, Luna said nothing.  Her heard ached for her Prince and 
Princess, and the mere thought of what they were going through. 
She looked to Serena's eyes and saw the betrayal in them.  'I'm 
so sorry.'

With a sigh, Darien nodded.  He bent down so his face was just a 
breath away from hers.  "I promise, it's just for now," he told her 
softly.  "Just for now."

Biting her lip, Serena nodded.  Luna and Artemis weren't going to 
let this one go, and they both knew it.  "I understand," she 
whispered with tears in her eyes.

Darien smiled tenderly at her and bent down to kiss her softly on 
the forehead.  Serena tilted her head up and their lips met in a 
fiery, passionate kiss that made Luna and Artemis blush slightly 
and turn away from them until they pulled away and Darien whispered
something in Serena's ear, causing her to blush.

Seconds later, Darien and Artemis left the room.  On the way down, 
they passed the four girls and two children.  Mumbling a hello, 
Darien and Artemis left the hours and closed the front door behind 
them.

"What was that about?" Mina asked as she touched her chest where 
her heart began to beat faster and with urgency.  It already knew 
the answer.  "Oh no!" she whispered fearfully as she ran up the 
stairs, pushing past the others and swinging open Serena's bedroom 
door.

When she opened it up, all she saw was Serena sitting up in her 
bed, no expression upon her face.  "Serena?" Mina whispered when 
she saw her friend.

Serena didn't answer, but simply looked up at her friend and 
smiled sadly.

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

Several hours later, everyone had left.  Rini and Alec had gone 
with Raye to the temple so that they could eat while Serena rested 
from her injuries.  As the last of the girls left, Serena turned 
and faced a familiar black cat standing behind her.  She had put 
up a front all afternoon, saying she was fine and that it was for 
the best, but now she would let that drop, and let the world know 
exactly how she felt.

"Who do you think you are, Luna?" Serena asked, her voice deadly 
low and intimating.

Luna took a step back in shock and gasped at her charges' tone.  
"Serena!" she exclaimed.  "I am only doing my job to protect and 
se-"

"DOES THAT INCLUDE RUINING MY LIFE?!" Serena demanded as angry 
tears made their way down her cheeks.  "Making it impossible for 
me to see the one thing that keeps me alive?" she asked with a sob 
in each word.  "I can't live with out him, Luna!" she told her 
guardian.

"Serena Usagi Tsukino!" Luna yelled.  "I am in charge of you, in 
your mother's place, and I am your guardian.  If anything happens 
to you, it is my fault!" she told the girl.  "You don't know how 
sorry I am, Serenity, seeing you in so much pain hurts me too.  I 
know what it's like to be away from someone you love, and I wouldn't 
wish it on anyone."  She jumped up onto Serena's lap and looked 
her in the eyes.  "If nothing else, you are my best friend, Serena, 
and I love you like a daughter.  A mother and friend doesn't let 
their daughter and friend die for no reason."

Serena's eyes softened for a moment and she closed her eyes.  
Luna smiled, thinking she had reached the child until she heard 
a phrase that shattered her.  "Get out."

Blinking red eyes in shock, Luna gaped at the girl and put her paw 
on her arm.  "Serena?"

Serena sniffed once and opened her eyes.  "Get out of my house, 
Luna.  I HATE YOU!" she screamed and ran out of her room to the 
bathroom and locked the door behind her.

Tears came to Luna's eyes and she tried to force them back as she 
jumped to the windowsill.  "I'm sorry, my Princess," she whispered 
as she jumped to the tree and then to the ground.  Her tears began 
to fall shortly after that and she ran faster, feeling the 
exhilaration help release her stress.

'Is this what it feels like?' she asked herself as she dodged some 
cars in the street and came out safely on the side.  'This ache in 
my heart at her harsh words...is this what it felt like when I was 
so hard on her?'  Her eyes got wide in realization.  'Princess!'

She ran for several more moments before she stopped dead in her 
tracks.  Her tears dried quickly and she looked around, sensing 
something nearby.  Out of alleyway, a tall woman with green hair 
in a type of bun and a wearing green and very *ahem* revealing 
outfit.  Luna walked up casually to the woman, no one suspects 
at cat, and got a good look at her face.  She gasped in shock as 
her eyes zoomed in on the dark black crescent moon that was on her 
forehead.  'I have to get the girls!' she thought as she started to 
run off, however she slipped and fell, catching the woman's, Prisma, 
attention.

"Who's there?" she demanded as she looked around before spotting 
Luna.  Luna regained her composer and began meowing at her in a 
'cute' way.  The woman smiled at the cat and turned to the shadows.
"Droid Koneko!" she called into the alleyway.

Luna watched as a giant cat looking creature came out of the alley 
and meowed.  It was brown and white, but was more monstrous than any 
other cat looked, and thinner, without most of the fur it seemed.  
"Yes?" it questioned its mistress with a cat like mewing in its 
voice.

Prisma smiled.  "Do you recognize that cat?" she asked as she 
pointed to Luna.  The 'cat' nodded and it's almond eyes flashed 
red.  "Luna, personal advisor of the Queen of Crystal Tokyo, former 
advisor to Queen Serenity and has known activity with Sailor Moon 
and the brats."

"How did you know all that?!" Luna demanded with a stutter in her 
voice.  "Who are you?"

Prisma smiled.  "I am Prisma, of the Dark Moon Family and it seems 
I was right.  Well kitty, we'll make you a deal," she offered to 
the black cat.  "In exchange for your life, you will tell me who 
Princess Serenity is in this time."

Luna's eyes became angrier and she hissed at the woman.  "I shall 
die for my Princess and Prince, even if they are not fond of me at 
this moment.  You will not learn who they are!" she yelled as she 
charged Prisma with her claws bared.

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

Serena had retreated back to her room soon after Luna had run off 
and collapsed on her bed.  She felt bad for yelling at Luna, but 
felt that she had a justified reason in doing so.  A tear slid down 
her cheek as she fought to keep herself from crying again.  
"Mother, what should I do?" she asked the moon.

The moon gave no answer to her child and Serena closed her eyes.  
As she did so, an image of Luna, out alone on the streets came to 
her mind.  She saw a dark moon flash before her eyes and she shot 
up in bed.  "NO LUNA!" she screamed as she grabbed her locket and 
made a beeline for her window.

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

Luna had somehow managed to dodge every attack that the Droid had 
sent at her.  She was no warrior and couldn't keep this up for 
long, her energy was already running low, and so far, she hadn't 
been able to call the girls or figure out what Crystal Point the 
enemy was after.  Dodging the claws of the cat like beast again, 
Luna tripped and fell.  Koneko took the opportunity and charged 
Luna with her claws.  Trapped like a deer in headlights, Luna could 
only stare at the incoming danger.  'Princess...I'm so sorry.'

Luna awaited the pain, but there was none.  She did hear a scream, 
but it wasn't hers.  Opening her eyes, she saw a mass of golden hair 
and watched as a pair of large blue eyes opened, pain shown brightly 
in them.  "Luna...are you okay?" she whispered as the Droid was 
ordered to attack again, hitting Sailor Moon in the back again and 
again.

"SERENA!" Luna yelled.

Prisma laughed and the Droid's attacks stopped, if only for a 
second.  Serena looked at Luna and smiled.  "We're friends, right 
Luna?" she asked.

Luna's eyes softened and she nodded.  "We're best friends, Serena."  
Serena smiled at her friend and heard the Droid powering up again 
and she struggled to move out of the way, feeling her reality 
slipping from her.

"TUXEDO LA SMOKING BOMBER!"

The Droid was hit in the center of the chest by a stream of blue 
and black energy, and went flying backwards into a wall of a pet 
shop.  Tuxedo Mask rushed on to the scene, the four other following 
him, and kneeled next to Serena, who was holding Luna close to her, 
trying to protect her.

As the Soldiers engaged the Droid in battle, Prisma walked forward 
and stood in front of Tuxedo Mask and Sailor Moon.  "I'm not leaving 
until that girl is dead!" she said as dark lightening swirled in 
her hands.

Tuxedo Mask stood nearly a full head taller than Prisma and glared 
at her.  "You will leave, and not come back.  The Soldiers will take 
care of the droid soon enough, and if you do not leave, I will take 
care of you.  You did this to her, and there is no forgiveness for 
hurting my Love."

Prisma heard a strange scream and turned to see her Droid being 
destroyed.  "Oh damn.  Well, until next time then," she announced 
as she disappeared in the air.

The four girls ran forward and surrounded their leader, who smiled 
up at them.  "Is Luna okay?" she asked in a raspy voice as Tuxedo 
Mask laid her on her back and checked her injuries.

"Luna's fine, Princess!" Artemis told her as he helped Luna clean 
the few wounds she had gotten.  "Just worry about yourself."

Serena smiled and closed her eyes.  "I'm glad," she whispered.

"Serena, you are an idiot!" Mars yelled at her.  "You can't even 
save someone with out nearly killing yourself!  This is the second 
time in two days and-"

"And she needs to get to a hospital!" Mercury announced as she 
continued scanning her friend.  "These wounds caused the old ones 
to act up too, we need to hurry and get her there!" she exclaimed.

The cats stood next to their Princess and watched as her breathing 
began to deepen and she began to relax more and more.  The Soldiers 
ran up and held hands around their friends.  For a brief moment, 
they wondered if they should undo her transformation, but that would 
most likely kill her.

"MARS STAR POWER!"

"MERCURY STAR POWER!"

"VENUS STAR POWER!"

"JUPITER STAR POWER!"


In a flash of lights and colors, the soldiers disappeared from the 
city-street and reappeared at in the emergency room of the hospital 
that was a mile away.  Everyone looked up in amazement as the Urban 
Legends appeared before their very eyes.  They began whispering 
things, wondering if these were the real ones, before Sailor Mercury 
ran to the nearest nurse and grabbed her arm.

"We have a seriously injured warrior over here," she told her 
nurse.  "We need a doctor now!"

The nurse turned and looked to where the others were standing, 
crowded around Tuxedo Mask and watching the half-asleep girl with 
caution, fearing her death.  The nurse ran off in seconds to find 
doctors and a place to keep Sailor Moon until she was healed.

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

Sailor Moon awoke several hours later, much like she had earlier in 
the day, but this time it hurt even worse than it had before.  
'That's what I get for fighting and not being fully healed,' she 
thought bitterly as she sat up.  It was then she realized she had 
an oxygen mask over her face and there were several beeping machines 
around her and that was when she realized that she was in a hospital.

Looking to her side, she saw Tuxedo Mask with his eyes closed, but 
not asleep, in the chair next to her.  She moved her mouth, but no 
sounds came out.  She tried again and again, until she finally 
managed to whisper, "Tuxedo...Mask..."

Tuxedo Mask's eyes snapped open and he breathed a prayer to God 
that she was alright before sweeping her, gently, in his arms and 
asking her how she felt.  "I'm fine, much better than I think I 
should be, actually," she explained to him.

Tuxedo Mask nodded and brushed a stray hair from her face.  "These 
injuries from tonight wouldn't have been so bad if we had brought 
you to a hospital yesterday, but, fool that I am, I kept you with 
me and didn't get you the proper care.  For-"

Sailor Moon covered his mouth and shook her head.  "Don't even say 
it, Shields.  Don't even say it."

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

The doctor shook his head as he looked at the results of all of 
Sailor Moon's tests, before and after the treatment of her wounds.
More than forty percent of her wounds had healed in the short 
five hours she had been in the hospital.

"Incredible," Dr. Mizuno observed in awe as she looked over the 
reports with the other doctor, Dr. Kay.  "How is this even 
possible?" she asked him.

Dr. Kay shook his head. "I have no idea, but perhaps it has 
something to do with that magic people claim she and the others 
posses."

Before he could utter another word, Sailor Mercury swung open the 
door the rest of the way, seeing it was already partially opened, 
and stepped in.  "Dr. Kay, Prin-I mean, Sailor Moon has awakened 
would you come with me, please?" she asked.  Her words faltered 
slightly towards the end as she caught a glimpse of the person who 
was with Dr. Kay.  'Mother!'

Dr. Kay stood up and smiled at the girl.  "That's great, we were 
just going over her medical examinations.  Ah, this is my college, 
Dr. Mizuno, Sailor Mercury."  The two women shook hands and Mercury 
fought back her nerves as she shook her mother's hand.

"Now, what was this about Sailor Moon waking up?" Dr. Kay asked.

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

Sailor Mercury led the two doctors down the hall, past some of the 
offices, and through the emergency room to where she was.  As they 
passed through the emergency room, a large group of reporters jumped 
up and ran to Sailor Mercury and began asking her questions.

"HEY!" Jupiter boomed as she looked up from her position by the 
hall that led to the patient's rooms.  "I said if any of you moved, 
you'd be fried like the Droid that did this to Sailor Moon.  Now, 
leave Sailor Mercury alone, or else," she threatened as her 
lightening rod extended.

Most of the reporters jumped back to their seats, save for one.  
"You would dare do that!  And if you did, I'd sue you!" he yelled 
to Jupiter.

Jupiter laughed and stood up straight.  "I'd like your lawyer to 
try and find me!" she exclaimed while laughing and holding her 
stomach.

Mercury sighed and rolled her eyes.  "Jupiter!" she exclaimed, 
causing the Soldier to remember where she was and go back to 
attention.  Their eyes met briefly and Jupiter paled when she saw 
Mercury's mother.  "Oh man."

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

Mars and Venus stood right outside of Sailor Moon's room, eyes 
alert and watchful.  So far, they had let no one in unless Mercury 
gave her consent, not even a nurse.  They saw Mercury walking 
forward with Dr. Kay and Dr. Mizuno and sighed.  "Let's just hope 
she doesn't recognize her own daughter," Mars whispered.

"Well, if Molly can't recognize Serena after all this time, I don't 
see how this would be different!" Venus whispered back as she 
opened the door to tell Tuxedo Mask that Mercury was coming in.  
Instead her eyes got wide and she closed the door with a slight 
blush.  "Hee-hee...Amy-MERCURY!  Why don't we let them be for 
awhile?" she asked with a laugh.

'Amy?!' Dr. Mizuno thought with a start.

Mercury stopped for a moment and smiled.  "Kissing?"

"Was there a doubt?"

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

Dr. Kay was quite pleased with the progress Sailor Moon had made 
over night, but was rather worried when he didn't see Jupiter in 
the lobby nor outside the door.  He knocked on the door and called 
inside.  "Sailor Moon?  Tuxedo Mask?"  There was no answer and the 
doctor panicked and opened the door, only to find no one in the 
room.  The bed was made, the room was sterile and nothing was out
of place.  He saw a small bundle of money lying out on the bed and 
picked it up.  There was no note, but he knew what it was.  He moved 
to the bed and saw that the chart was missing from it.

One of the nurses came running, yelling something about the computer 
crashing and missing some data files.  Strangely, he already knew 
which ones were gone.

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

Thanks to modern medicine, Serena's wounds had already healed, 
much better than the other ones from the night before.  Currently, 
everyone was sitting at the Temple, listening to Luna talk.  When 
she finally got to the part everyone cared about, no one could help 
but cheer.

"After careful consideration, Artemis and I have decided that, as 
long as the girls are in the area, you, Serena and Darien, may see 
each other...ONCE A WEEK!" she added hurriedly when she saw 
everyone jump in excitement.  "I don't want to temp fate too 
much."

Serena laughed and ran to Luna, scooping her in her arms and 
whirling her around.  "LUNA!  Oh, Luna, you don't know how happy 
you just made me!" she told her with a smile.  "Only once a week?!" 
she whined.

Luna mock glared at the girl and everyone laughed.

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

"Failed again?" Prince Diamond asked as he rested his face on his 
hand and glared at Prisma.

"Please, brother," a man with dark blue hair said.  "She was 
severely out numbered!" Sapphire told him.

Prisma stayed kneeling before her Prince and glanced up at Sapphire 
out of the corner of her eye, but Diamond caught her and she looked
back down.

"While I understand that, your power is superior, Prisma.  As the 
oldest of the Sisters, I would have expected you to have already 
taken over this world and found those children!" Diamond yelled at 
Prisma, who cringed under his gaze.

"I understand, my Prince.  I'll be going back now," she whispered 
with tears in her eyes.  Diamond nodded his approval and she was 
gone.

Sapphire eyed where Prisma had been and sighed.  "Prisma..."

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

"Serena, I am sorry about everything I said to you in the past 
weeks," Luna informed Serena as they walked home.  "I think I 
finally realized it when you threw me out, how much it really hurt 
to be yelled at by someone you care about, one of your best 
friends."  Luna lowered her head in shame and Serena pet her behind 
her ears.

"It's okay, Luna.  It's actually a good think I went, because me 
getting hurt again did some good!" she laughed.  "But I understand 
what you did, and why, Luna.  I never hated you, and I'm sorry for 
saying that."

Luna couldn't help but look proud of the child...no the young woman 
who stood there.  "I know you didn't, Serena.  But I'm glad you 
said it.  It really knocked some sense into me."

"I'm glad, Luna."  She looked to the moon and had to smile.  "You 
know what, I think Darien's going to sleep peacefully tonight."

"For all our sakes, I hope he does, Serena.  I hope he always has 
good dreams, and that he won't listen to any advice I give him," Luna 
spoke while shaking her head.

Serena perked up.  "Does that mean that I don't have to listen to 
any advice you give me?"

A glare from Luna, a real glare, was her answer.

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

Alec turned off the TV worriedly.  Serena hadn't returned home, 
and it took a lot of bribing before Rini would hypnotize Ilene and 
Kent into thinking that Serena had gone away somewhere for a while.  
He didn't even remember.  The news had been reporting all night 
about Sailor Moon being in the hospital and injured.  About an hour 
ago something had come on about all of the Soldiers disappearing 
and leaving no records that they had been there.

He had to smile, knowing that was Mercury's doing above anyone 
else's.  The door opened and Alec and Rini turned to see Serena 
walk in, looking just as she had when this whole nightmare had 
originally started.

"Serena!" Alec exclaimed as he jumped up and barreled into Serena, 
hugging her around the waist.

Serena and Rini looked startled, but Serena smiled at him.  "What 
is it?  You act like you haven't seen me for days or something!"

Alec smiled at her, but Rini scowled.  'Alec, what are you doing?'

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

Amy sighed and opened the door to the apartment.  Closing it, she 
breathed a silent prayer of thanks that her Prince and Princess 
were together again.  Indeed, tonight was one worth celebrating.  
She heard something in the kitchen, and instinctively reached for 
her transformation pen, but stopped when her mother came out of 
the kitchen.  "Mom!  Oh, you're home early.  I'm sorry I wasn't 
home when you go here, Serena and I were studying and I fell 
asleep over there.  I just came home to change my clothes before 
going to school again."  With a cringe, Amy realized how much the 
night's activities had taken out of her and wished for a moment 
that she wouldn't have to go to school.

Mrs. Mizuno sighed and shook her head as she prepared to say what 
was needed.  "You don't have to go to school today, Amy.  No," 
she looked up and looked into her daughters' eyes, "Sailor 
Mercury."

TO BE CONTINUED...

Don't even ask why I had Mizuno-san find out.  Just think of it as 
a way to keep all of you on your toes.  That and I am planning on 
having everyone find out eventually.  ;) So just keeping you on 
your toes and please write me!!

Stef-chan

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