Hi all!  The "Truths" saga is entering its 4th sequel now!  *sighs*  
And to believe that this was supposed to be a one there-is-no-
sequel shot!  Thank you all for your support for all these months!  
Yea!

So if you haven't read the first parts of this story; "Truths;" 
"Truths, Secrets Revealed;" "Truths, Love and Friendship;" and 
"Truths, Renewal;" then I suggest you do!

Domo arigato to Lady Z for her idea for Alec.  I was originally 
going to use Nicole Cherre's Irene.  Thank's a lot Z-chan!

And I'm sure everybody has been watching the Sailor Moon S, haven't 
you?  Yeah, that's what I thought.  But hey, we finally got it, 
didn't we?  Oh well, it could be worse.  Well, I hope it couldn't 
be worse.  *grimaces*

But on a good note, I have officially started writing a book!  There
is no title yet, but it is going to have action, romance and my bad,
witty remarks.  ^_^  Hopefully I'll have it published.  So my 
writing time is cut a little because I really want to write this 
book.

Enjoy!  And don't forget, e-mail, e-mail, e-mail!

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TRUTHS, FAMILY AND FRIENDS
PROLOGUE

__________A New Battle__________

Serena smiled blissfully as she and Darien walked hand in hand 
down the street to her house.  Anne and Allen were gone and 
hopefully starting their new lives on a new planet, so now there 
was peace.  Finally, peace.

Darien wrapped his arms around Serena's waist and pulled her 
closer to him.  "What are you thinking about, baby?" he whispered 
to her.  It felt good to be able to be with her again, body and 
soul.  As Darien, Endymion and Tuxedo Mask.  He was whole now, and 
it felt good.  Like being blind, but not knowing it.

Serena giggled and looked up at Darien, gently kissing his cheek.  
"Nothing, but also everything.  I'm glad the war is over, now we 
can relax and just be together."

Holding her in a hug, Darien nodded and then his look saddened.  
They were at her home, and it was time for him to go.  "We're here, 
Serena."

Serena held Darien tighter and shook her head.  "I don't want this 
to end so soon," she whispered.  "We just got back together, 
really together, and I don't want it to end," she whispered.

Darien leaned down and kissed her, long and passionately, before 
pulling fully away.  "I'll see you tomorrow, Serena," he whispered 
as he walked off.  Turning around one more time, he smiled at her.

Serena smiled back and opened her door and walked into her house.

Darien sighed and turned away with a chuckle.  "Well, at least 
she's smiling again," he said to himself.  "The last few days of 
the war were very hard on her."

'Though I have no one to blame but myself for that,' he thought 
bitterly as he walked away.  'After all, I was the one who broke up 
with her.'  Darien sighed.  Serena had put all of his fears about 
the "break up" to rest a couple of hours ago, and that was enough 
for him.  She forgave him.  That was enough for him.

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

Serena leaned on the door after she closed it and sighed.  'What 
a great day,' she thought.  Taking off her shoes, she ventured 
into the house.  "Mom!  I'm home!  What's for dinner?" she called 
as she walked into the living room.  Serena did a double take.  
Sitting on the couch next to each other were two children, one boy 
and one girl.  The boy hand dark black hair and large, innocent sky 
blue eyes.  He looked to be a couple of inches taller than the 
girl; he looked around six years old.  The girl had pink hair in 
the same style as Serena, and cinnamon colored eyes; she looked 
about a year younger, maybe five.

Serena smiled at them, but both children eyed her darkly.  "Who 
are you?" Serena asked.

The little girl stood up and faced Serena, clutching what looked 
to be a round stuffed ball in her hands.  "Where's the Silver 
Crystal?" she demanded.

Serena took a step back and stared at them in shock.  "What?!  I-I 
what are you talking about?" she demanded, suddenly feeling fear.  
'How can they know?'

The boy stood protectively by the girl and glared at Serena.  
"We know you have it!  Just give it to us and we'll leave, Serena."

"How do you know my name?" Serena demanded, taking a threatening 
step closer to the two children.

"Serena!" Ilene said as she came into the room.  "So, you're finally 
home!" she scolded.

"Mom!" Serena said with relief, "I'm glad you're here!  These kids, 
who are they?!  What are they doing here?"

Ilene put her hands on each of the children's shoulders.  "Why else 
do you think I'm so mad?  You knew your cousins were coming and you 
still went out!"

Shock registered on Serena's face and she jumped about twenty feet 
in the air.  "COUSINS?!"

"Figures you wouldn't remember them, Meatball Brains," Sammy said 
with a smirk as he leaned on the doorframe.  "Alec and Rini!  They 
are brother and sister!  Does that ring a bell, Einstein?"

"Alec?  Rini?" Serena whispered.  "We don't have any cousins!" she 
said triumphantly.  'Mom's gonna have to see something wrong now!'

"SERENA USAGI TSUKINO!  What a rude thing to say!" Kent said as he 
entered the room.  "I want you to apologize to your cousins this 
instant!"

Serena eyed the two children and then smiled sweetly.  "I'm very 
sorry, Rini, Alec.  Forgive me?" she asked as she bent down so she 
was eye level with the children.

Rini looked at Alec who nodded.  Rini nodded too, and they smiled 
at her.  But there was something about their smiles that made 
Serena uneasy.  'I have to get to the Scouts!'

Serena stood and looked at her mom.  "Mama, I almost forgot, Raye's 
grandpa is sick and she asked me to come over and help out for the 
evening, can I go?" she asked.  Her eyes were pleading and she was 
practically begging.

Ilene sighed.  "I suppose, just don't stay too late, okay?"

Serena smiled, kissed her mothers cheek and ran for the door.  "Oh, 
and Serena!"  Serena stopped half way out.  "Why don't you take 
your cousins with you?" she suggested.

Serena's eyes opened wide.  'Crap, crap, crap!'  "I don't think...
that would be such a good idea!  After all, they're young and more 
prone to illness, aren't they?  We don't want them getting sick for 
their visit!"  'Score one for Serena!'

"You're right," Ilene admitted.  "But I guess you'll have to take t
hem somewhere tomorrow."  Ilene smiled, 'Score one for mom!'

Serena sighed.  "Yes, mama."

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

She ran as fast as she could to the Cherry Hill Temple.  Halfway 
there, Serena pulled out her communicator.

Within seconds, everyone had answered.

"Now what?!" Raye said angrily.

"Not new enemies!" Mina moaned.

"What is it, Serena?" Amy asked.

"Yeah!  Tell us girl!" Lita said.

Taking a deep breath, Serena calmed herself before going on.  "I 
don't know, but some kids just showed up at my house, and demanded 
that I had over the Imperium Crystal!"

"WHAT?!" was the instant reply from everyone.

"I'm on my way over to Raye's and if my mom calls any of you, 
Raye's grandpa is sick and I'm helping out.  And could someone go 
get Darien?" Serena asked.

"I will," Mina said as she picked up Artemis and started towards 
the door.

"We're on our way!" the group agreed.

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

"*This* is the twentieth century?!" a woman's voice asked as she
 looked out a window.  "How funny!"

Another woman walked up to the window and giggled as she looked 
out.  "More like puny, sister."

"Well, I don't care how small it is, they say that Old Tokyo has 
good shopping," a new woman said.

"Shopping?" inquired yet another.  "This could be fun after all!"

"Ladies," a man said as she watched them, "don't forget why we are 
really here.  We need to capture those two brats before they can 
find their parents in this time."

The women nodded and looked out the window again.  "Hard to believe," 
the second said, "that those two kids made it back here on their 
own."

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

"...and that's it," Serena concluded as she leaned back in her 
seat, also know as Darien's lap.

"No way," Lita said as she collapsed in the chair she standing 
against.  "They can't possibly know about the Silver Crystal and 
the Moon Kingdom, can they?" she asked.

Artemis looked doubtful.  "I don't know," he said.

"The Moon and Earth Kingdoms are forgotten now.  All history of 
them erased, save for the little that's left on the moon.  No one 
can know about them!" Luna insisted.  "Our kingdoms were all 
highly classified, and I don't suppose any of you have said 
anything?"

The girls all looked scandalized.  "Of course not, Luna!" Mina 
yelled.

"We'd never say anything like that!" Lita insisted.

Indistinct chatter could be heard before Darien blew the whistle.  
"Enough!" he yelled, silencing the girls.  "Could they be a new 
enemy?  Here to destroy the Earth?"

"They're just children!" Amy said in shock.  "They couldn't possibly 
have powers to defeat us, could they?"

"I don't know, Amy," Luna whispered.  "But, Serena, we have to be on
our guard at home.  They must have done something to your parents to 
make them believe that they are your cousins."

"I know..." Serena whispered.  "But what?"

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

Alec quietly sneaked away from the door where he had been listening
to the girls and Darien's conversation.  He couldn't hear 
everything, but he caught enough to know that Serena wasn't some 
dumb blonde.

"Whatdya hear?" Rini asked as she threw her ball up in the air.

Alec looked at his sister.  "They think we're here to hurt this 
planet.  I couldn't here most of it, but that's what I got from 
what I could."

Rini dropped her ball on the ground.  "But...that's why we came 
back!  So we could save the Earth, not hurt it!" she said with a 
small whine.

Alec rolled his eyes.  "You're so annoying, Rini!  Don't cry.  I 
think that one of them has to have the Silver Crystal, so I need 
you to use Luna Ball and..."

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

"So is that everything?" Artemis asked.  The girls nodded and 
Darien lay his head on Serena's shoulder.  "Okay then, Raye will 
do her fire reading like she said and we'll all come back here 
tomorrow after school."

The group began to stand up when suddenly a voice outside said, 
"Luna P Magic!"

A small ball that looked like Luna, the one that Rini was always 
carrying, came in through the window and seemed to explode.  A pink 
gas suddenly began to fill the room and the others panicked.  "Oh 
no!" Lita yelled as she ran to the window to try and open it, but 
found it stuck.

"Keep the Princess and Prince safe!" Mina yelled while coughing as 
she pushed the two of them down to the ground.

"Guys!" Serena yelled as she started to stand up, but was pulled 
down by Darien.  "What?" she asked him.

Darien tore a piece of cloth from his shirt and held it over 
Serena's mouth, to keep the gas out of her face.  He did the same 
for himself and when the gas cleared, all of the girls and cats, 
except for Serena and Darien, were lying on the ground 
unconscious.  "OH NO!"

Suddenly, the door to the room opened and two small figures stepped 
in.  "That was really easy," Alec said as he looked over the room.  
Rini nodded her agreement.  "Hey, where's Serena?" Alec asked.

"Right behind you, brats!" Serena said as she grabbed Alec around 
the waist and Darien grabbed Rini.  "Okay, this is it, who are you 
and what do you want with me?!"

"None of your business, Meatball Head!" Rini snapped.

"Well we're making it our business," Darien said as he stared into 
Rini's eyes.  "Now who are you?!"

Alec and Rini looked at each other and did the only thing they 
could do.

Scream.

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

One of the women from earlier frowned as she floated over the 
city.  There was no sign of either of the children she was looking 
for.  "I should give up.  After all, those brats could be anywhere 
and I-"  The woman suddenly stopped when she saw a column for yellow 
and blue light.

Her lips curled into a smile as disappeared.

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

Another one of the women noticed the same light and put her hand 
to her face.  "Well, I guess he was right.  Those little twerps 
are here after all."

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

In shock, Serena and Darien dropped both of the children and 
stepped back.  After a moment, both of them stopped yelling and the 
light and power in the room disappeared.

"What was that?" Serena asked.

Rini sniffled and wiped her nose.  "Mommy..."

Alec put a comforting hand on Rini's shoulder and then gasped.  
"You!" he said as he pointed to the door.

Serena and Darien turned to the door and saw the tall figures of 
two women standing in the doorway.  One had white hair in a pony 
tail down her back with a braid going across her forehead.  She 
wore a blue body suit and blue thigh boots.  On her brow, was a 
dark, upside down crescent moon.

The second had purple hair down her back.  She had on a full pink 
body suit and a purple tutu like thing.  She also had a dark, 
upside down crescent moon on her forehead.

"So," the one with white hair began, "the little brats are here 
after all!"

"What are you doing here, Birdy?" the other one asked as she 
glared.

"Well, Catsy, I just happened to see the two beams and figured I 
should come and catch the brats," Birdy said.  "Too bad you had to 
come too."

Catsy snorted and turned back to the four people who were still 
awake.  "Since we're both here, we can both claim part of the 
credit.  Now, Rabbits, give us the Crystal!"

Serena and Darien both gasped and looked down at the two children.
Alec stood up in front of his sister and glared at the two women.
"We don't have the Crystal, you Dark Moon witches!  So leave us 
alone!"

Serena reached behind her and grabbed a plate from the table the 
girls had been sitting at.  With ease and expert aim, she hurled 
the object at Catsy and Birdy, causing them to duck.  "Alec, Rini, 
run!" Serena commanded.  The two children didn't waste anytime and 
dove out the door, right between the sisters.

"Hey!" Birdy yelled as she followed them.

"Come back here you little brats!" Catsy screeched as she flew off.

Serena and Darien looked at each other.  "So much for peace," 
Serena said with a sigh.

Darien sighed too and held out his hand.  "Shall we?"

"MOON CRYSTAL POWER!"

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

"We have to hurry, Alec!" Rini yelled as she ran as fast as her 
chubby little legs could carry her.  Alec held tightly to Rini's 
hand as the two rounded a corner.

"I know!  And I'm not letting you go, cause they can't get either 
of us!" he said.

A dark flame shot from out of nowhere and halted the children's 
running.  Alec barely managed to stop himself from hitting it and 
looked around.  He tried to turn back, but Birdy was standing 
behind them.

"Gottcha now, kids.  You're not going anywhere," she said as 
she moved closer.  With out warning both she and Catsy shot dark 
power at the two, knocking them to the ground and nearly unconscious.

"Stop right there!" a new voice yelled.  The four people looked 
around, but saw no one.  However, the voice continued.  "You have 
disrupted two innocent children and tried to harm them!  I won't 
forgive you!  An agent of love and justice, pretty girl soldier 
in a sailor suit, Sailor Moon!"  Sailor Moon jumped down from the 
tree with Tuxedo Mask at her side.  "In the name of the moon, I'll 
punish you!"

"Sailor Moon?" Rini and Alec whispered together as they stared at 
the girl in awe.  But their minds were pulling, making them fall 
into a deep sleep.

"And Tuxedo Mask, shall not forgive you either," Tuxedo Mask said 
as he took a fighting stance.

"Who the hell are you?!" Catsy demanded.  "I've never heard of 
anyone named Sailor Moon!" she said as she sized her opponents up.

"Well, now that I think about it, Sister," Birdy started, "Rubeus 
did say something about Sailor Soldiers in this time, and that we 
should be careful."

Outraged, Catsy turned to Birdie.  "What?!  Where was I?!"

Tuxedo Mask and Sailor Moon looked at each other and rolled their 
eyes.  In a swift move, Tuxedo Mask grabbed both children and held 
them as Sailor Moon prepared her attack.

"MOON SCEPTER ELIMINATION!"

The two sisters stopped fighting when they heard those words.  
Teleporting to a different spot each, the glared at Sailor Moon.  
"We'll be back, Moon Brat.  You can't watch over them forever!" 
Catsy said as she disappeared.

"Hey, wait for me!" Birdy called as she followed her sister.

Sailor Moon jogged up to Tuxedo Mask who held both children in 
his arms.  'Why does this feel so right?  Almost familiar...' he 
thought to himself.

"Are they alright?" Sailor Moon asked as she put her Scepter back 
into her dimensional pocket.

"I think so," Tuxedo Mask whispered as he looked at both of their 
faces and smiled slightly.  "I think they'll be fine."

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

CRASH!

Rini shrieked as she woke up.  Alec did much the same and they 
looked out the window just as a lightning bolt streaked across the
sky.  Rini whimpered, "I want mommy..."

Alec set his mouth firm and held his tears.  He had to be strong 
for his sister, no matter what.  They had been brought home and put 
in the bedroom upstairs to stay until they left.  Serena had come 
in and checked on them a few times, but didn't have the heart to 
wake them.

BOOM!  CRASH!

That was enough for them.  Both children threw off their covers and 
ran down the stairs.

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

Serena whimpered a little as it began to rain harder and thunder 
louder.  Luna was at Central trying to find out more about Rini and 
Alec and wasn't there to comfort her.  She cried out again as more 
thunder sounded.

Suddenly, her door opened and Serena sat up.  Rini and Alec were 
standing in the doorframe with sad eyes.  Serena opened her mouth 
to ask what was wrong, but another crash of thunder sounded and 
both children ran to Serena's bed and jumped in.  Serena was about 
to protest, but the way they were looking at her stopped her.

"Okay guys, just for tonight," she whispered as she pulled the 
covers up to each of their chins.  "But tomorrow, you sleep in you 
own bed!"

As their breathing softened, Serena let herself relax.  'Maybe 
they aren't that bad.  After all, the Crystal can be used for good 
things, but...who were those women?  A new battle, has begun.'

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

Across town, Darien tossed and turned in his sleep.  He was caught 
in the throes of a nightmare, and there was no sign that it was 
going to end anytime soon.  But it did, and Darien screamed himself 
awake.

"NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! SERNAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!"

To be continued...

*ducks many a flying objects*  Sorry!  Sorry!  Yep, bet you all 
know what that was, don't ya?  Heh heh...Well, since you know, 
I'll be leaving now so I still have a life!  *Stef-chan runs to a 
safe place*  Bye everyone!

Stef-chan

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