HI!  Here's part one of "Final Awakenings."  It's longer then the 
prologue and there are answers to a few questions here!  However, that
means that there are still questions to be answered and questions to 
come!  There's that evil part of me again... *maniacal laughter* Opps!
Hee-hee, showed you too much of my real personality!  On with the story 
and stuff!

If there is anyone out there who doesn't know how to do the HTML thing, 
then I am offering to do it for you.  Mail me who you are, what you 
write and your next chapter.  I don't want people to not post because
of the new rules!

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send me!  (Butterfly!  If there are any authors out there, if she mails
you, mail her back!  She is just the sweetest little thing in the world!  
She sends me the cutest greeting cards!  This girl will make you as 
red as a tomato!  Did *I* make you blush, Butterfly?)

I'm gonna start naming chapters now.  Nikki-chan you are rubbing of on
me way too much!  HELP ME!  SHE'S TURNING ME INTO ANOTHER ONE OF 
HER!!!!!!!!  HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I MUST BE A NICOLE CHERRE 
CLONE!!!!!!!!!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

*blushes*

*puts hand behind head and laughs*  Enjoy!

DISCLAIMER: OK, I'm no longer as broke as I used to be, but my brother
is in debt to me and wants money from this fanfic.  People, send him 
the money ok?  I won't tell Naoko-san!

RATING: PG- My usual stuff in here.  Nothing too bad. (Except my 
writing in general.) 

OH!  I saw this quote in a fanfic-
"........And on the eighth day......God created Darien......"
Sailor Tampa

True, no?


FINAL AWAKENINGS
CHAPTER ONE


_________The Return_________


Serena, Darien and Rini began to run to the Cherry Hill Temple where
their friend, and fellow Scout, Raye Hino lived.  It had been fifteen 
minuets since they called and Rini was beginning to lag behind.  Darien
turned, saw his daughter's distress, and waited for her.  When she was
right next to him, he scooped her into his arms as he ran.  Rini was 
surprised at first but then smiled and snuggled into her father's 
embrace.  Darien gave her a quick squeeze and ran to catch up with 
Serena.

The three reached the temple five minuets later, breathing hard.  When
they reached the top of the stairs, Serena was greeted like she was for
anything that involved Raye.  "Jeez, Meatball Head!  Where have you 
been?  You called the meeting over twenty minuets ago and now you're 
late...for...it..." Raye trailed off when she spotted Darien behind 
Serena holding a very scared, very sad little girl.

The others saw her too and gasped.  "RINI!?"

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Roseanna** sat blot up right in her bed.  She looked to the gray cat 
that had entered her room, somehow unnoticed.  It was a pretty cat, 
with silky looking dark gray fur and a crescent moon bald spot on its 
forehead.  "I must be going crazy or into depression or something.  
Because if I didn't know better, I would say that that *cat* just 
talked."  She laughed as she lay back down.  "Yeah it could happen."

The cat, obviously upset about being ignored, jumped up on to 
Roseanna's chest.  "Are you going to sit there and pretend this is a
dream?  Or are you going to listen to what I have to say?" it asked.

Roseanna's eyes widened in fear and shock.  "You-you just talked!" she
exclaimed breathlessly.  "But that's impossible!  Cats-cats can't talk!"

The cat cleared its throat.  "Well most cats can't, but I can.  Now, 
will you please listen to me?"

Roseanna nodded dumbly and he continued.  "My name is Terren and I have
been looking for you for a long time, Roseanna."

Roseanna began to calm down and sat up, gently pushing 'Terren' off 
her as she did.  "Why?  Why are you looking for me?"

To her incredible surprise, Terren smiled.  "No, I don't expect you 
to remember anything.  After all, it has been a millennium."

She blinked.  "What are you talking about, 'a millennium?'"

The cat sighed and began to explain.  "You see, one thousand years ago
there was a civilization on the Moon- wait, don't interrupt me," he 
added as he saw Roseanna open her mouth to protest to life on the Moon.  
She closed it and he continued.  "There was a place called the Moon 
Kingdom.  This was in a time called the Silver Millennium, and all 
the planets were at peace.  The Moon Kingdom was the center of the 
Universe and the only planet not in the Silver Alliance was Earth."

"Are you with me so far?" he asked with a soft voice.  The girl nodded, 
still not believing that she was listening to a cat.  

'I must be insane!'

"There was a Sailor Scout for every planet.  There was even a Scout 
for Earth, even though Terra itself was not apart of the Silver 
Alliance.  I was the guardian and trainer of the Sailor Scout of the
Earth.  Even if Terra was not apart of the Alliance, Queen Serenity 
tried to keep on the best of terms with them by sending help to train 
her."

"Who is Queen Serenity?" Roseanna asked quietly.  She bit her lip at 
interrupting, as if she had just upset a balance or trust of sorts 
between herself and Terren.

"Oh, sorry," the cat apologized.  "Queen Serenity was the last queen 
to rule the Moon Kingdom and she was the wisest ruler of all the 
previous queens.  It is said that her daughter, Princess Serenity was 
even wiser and would be just as good of a ruler as she.  Anyway, I was
sent to Earth as a kitten to train Sailor Earth.  It was hoped that 
one day, she could join the other Sailors on the Moon," he explained.

"I have very little memory of the Moon and Earth in that time.  All I 
know is that just before Sailor Earth could join the others a very 
powerful force attacked the Moon and destroyed the entire kingdom.  
From Mercury to Pluto, the entire Silver Alliance was brought down, 
with the Moon Kingdom falling last.  It killed all the Sailors Scouts 
and the Moon Princess and Earth Prince."

Terren looked to Roseanna and she saw a mask of pain on his face.  He 
looked as she did when she was remembering her own past, or lack there
of.  Roseanna's eyes watered up.  "How sad," she whispered.  Suddenly 
her curiosity got the best of her.  The subject interested her for 
some reason, and she wanted to know everything she could about it.  
"Why?" she inquired almost angrily.

Terren looked down trying to hide the hate in his eyes.  "Yes it was.  
The enemy was after power and wanted to rule the Universe all by itself.
Her name was Queen Beryl."

Roseanna stiffened when she heard the name.  It was so...familiar, and
yet not at the same time.  "What did you say her name was?" she asked 
breathlessly.  'Think Rose, THINK!  Who is that?'

Terren smiled again.  Not a happy smile, but more of a knowing smile.  
A smile that told of things she could only dream about, things she 
would never have believed true.  "You've been having dreams haven't 
you, Roseanna?  Of another time, another place.  That *you* were 
another person.  Everything that I've told you, somehow you already 
knew," he looked up at her, his eyes seemed to read right into her soul,
"didn't you?"

Roseanna looked at her hands, tears beginning to leak out of her eyes. 
"Please call me Rose.  And yes.  Ever since I can remember I've had 
strange dreams... about a woman named...Beryl.  I see her threatening 
someone or...or someplace.  I get mad and almost crazy...and then I 
feel pain.  Next thing I know I wake up.  I- it always seems so real.  
Almost like at some point in my life it actually happened to me or..."  

It pained Rose greatly to remember the dreams.  It was like a piece of
her that she never knew existed was surfacing.  She had had the dreams
since she was two, right after her parents were killed in the car 
crash.  She didn't remember when she was two, but people at the 
orphanage told her that she would often awaken at night screaming 
something about a lady trying to hurt her.  She looked to Terren, "What
do my dreams have to do with this?  What does this have to do with me?" 
she asked angrily, attempting to make the cat go away. 

Terren stepped forward and his crescent moon began to glow.  "Remember,"
he whispered.  The beam from his crescent moon shot out and made 
contact with Rose's forehead.  The Earth Symbol, which looked like a 
blue cross surround by a green circle, appeared as the light made contact.

Memories began to flash in her mind.  But they were incomplete, almost 
like a force didn't want her to remember it all.  She saw herself 
becoming Sailor Earth for the first time, and even felt the joy and 
power as she transformed.

She saw her first meeting with the other Sailor Scouts and the Moon
Princess.  Rose had to smile at that memory.  The Princess was happy 
and energetic and very friendly, even though the two had never met 
before.  

She saw her brother and her parents while the four of them were on a 
family outing.  She could feel the closeness that her family shared, 
especially her and her brother.  But one thing bothered her; she could
see none of their faces.  Not her families, or her friends.  She didn't 
even remember dying or being reborn in this time.  Everything was so 
sketchy and she couldn't put the pieces together.

But she did know one thing: she was Sailor Earth, guardian of the 
Earth Prince and Moon Princess. 

When Rose's memories finished returning to her as best they could she 
looked at the cat.  "Is it really you, Terry?" she asked shakily, 
almost believing this whole conversation to be a Negaverse plot to get
her off guard so that they could destroy her.

Terren smiled, "It's really me, Rosie!"

Rose smiled and picked the cat up, and whirled him in the air.  He 
clung tightly to her arm and cried out as she spun around.  Laughing, 
Rose sat down and let him relax.  She touched the crescent moon on his 
forehead and laughed harder.  "I still say we should have named you 
'Baldy.'"  Her grin widened at the face Terren made.  "Well, something 
that had to do with the moon at least!"

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Rini attempted to grin at her friends but it failed and the only thing 
she could do was start crying again.  Serena turned and rubbed Rini's 
back affectionately.  Both she and Darien exchanged a look over Rini's 
head.  Something was *terribly* wrong for her to cry when she saw the 
Scouts.

Luna walked up, jumped onto Darien's shoulder and gently nuzzled the 
child.  Rini looked up at Luna and smiled slightly.  "There you go, 
Rini.  That's the beautiful smile I was waiting to see."

Rini slid out of Darien's arms and at once all the girls came running
towards her and enveloped her in a group hug.  Rini hugged them back 
and just as fiercely as they were hugging her.  She didn't know why 
she was sent here, but she knew that the Sailor Scouts were her 
friends, and would do anything for her.

Amy was the first to sober up.  "Rini, what are you doing back here?" 
she asked carefully, afraid she may make the young girl cry again.  
"Is there danger?"

Rini pulled out of the hug and looked at her friends and family.  
"Yes," she whispered.  "There is danger."

All the girls looked at her with wide eyes.  "A new enemy?" Lita asked 
worriedly.  'About time, too!' she thought half-heartedly.  There was 
a time not too long ago where Lita would have given anything for a 
good fight.  But not if it meant involving Rini.  It suddenly didn't
seem as appealing as before.

Rini shook her head.  "No.  It's not a new enemy," her voice trembled 
and she felt fear rising at *who* the enemy was. "It's-" she stopped 
in mid sentence, her eyes suddenly wide with fear.  

"Rini," Darien asked.  "What is it?"  Rini just pointed behind him.  
Darien and the others turned around and nearly fainted at what they 
saw.

Standing behind them was a person that had been believed long dead.  
Who, according to all reports from Central Command *was* dead.  Someone
who if they had a chance, and it seemed that they did, they would kill 
again.

Serena's eyes widened in terror.  She stepped back and pulled Rini 
with her as she cried out, "RUBEUS!"

Rubeus smirked and looked down at the group.  "So, you've heard of me?" 
he asked them humorously.

Rini took a few steps back while the others got into defensive 
positions in front of her.  Rubeus just laughed at them, "You think 
that you can stop me, you pathetic little wimps?"

The group knew that they couldn't transform in front of Rubeus.  
Thinking quickly, Raye took out one of her anti-evil scrolls.  "AKURYO 
TAISAN!" she chanted, as she through the paper at Rubeus, hitting him 
square in the forehead.  

Rubeus suddenly stopped.  "What have you done to me?!" he cried out 
as the power of Mars stopped all movement of his body.  He struggled 
against the priestess's power, but to no avail.

The others took this opportunity to escape.  When they were out of 
sight Serena turned to the others.  They all nodded.

"MOON CRYSTAL POWER!"

"MARS STAR POWER!"

"JUPITER STAR POWER!"

"MERCURY STAR POWER!"

"VENUS STAR POWER!"

In a flash of lights, feathers, star ribbons, fire, lightning, and 
bubbles, the Sailor Scouts and Tuxedo Mask stood where a group of 
ordinary looking people once stood.

Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Mask turned to their daughter.  "Rini you stay 
here with Luna and Artemis," Darien told her in a voice that brought no argument.

Rini nodded, "Yes, Daddy," she whispered.

Moon then turned to the others, "Everyone else, move out!"

The six warriors ran off, leaving Rini and the cats behind.  "Good 
luck, Sailor Scouts," she whispered as they ran off.

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The Sailor Scouts arrived back at the Temple just as Rubeus was coming 
out of Raye's spell.  "Hold it!" Sailor Moon cried.

Rubeus turned to her.  "Well if it isn't the Sailor Failures!  Come 
here to get beat?  No?  Well too bad, cause that's what's gonna 
happen!"  Rubeus held his hands out and small dark energy orbs filled 
his hands.  He flung them at the soldiers and laughed as they scattered.  
"Pathetic Sailor Saps!"

Sailor Moon sat up and dusted herself off.  "Well," she gasped.  "For 
not letting me finish my speech, I'm definitely gonna punish you!"

Rubeus just laughed and launched more dark energy at them.  The Scouts 
in the way of the blast, Moon, Mars, and Jupiter, could not avoid being 
hit this time.

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Terren had managed to persuade Rose into leaving the orphanage and 
talking a walk in the park, away from prying ears in the home.  Mrs. 
Jackson was surprised that the girl had changed moods so fast, but 
was happy non-the less. 

Rose had even made herself look presentable.  She put her long black 
hair up into a braid and even put on a little make-up that made her 
blue eyes look less tired then they really were.  They reached the 
rose gardens in a secluded part of the park, and began catching up.

"So, what's been going on with you for the past thousand years, Terren?" 
Rose asked with a grin.  She was happy.  For the first time in her life, 
she had a past, and a future. The Princess had to have been reborn, 
or else Rose wouldn't have a reason to be alive again.  And Rose knew
that if she was reborn, then the others would be too.  She would 
finally have the closeness that she had always dreamed of between 
her fellow Sailor Scouts and her guardian cat.

Terren sighed.  "A lot.  You see, Queen Beryl returned-" he was cut 
off by Rose, who was practically screaming.

"WHAT!?!?!?  How can she be alive?  Queen Serenity destroyed her in 
the Silver Millennium!" she screamed to her guardian.  He breathing 
suddenly became short and uncontrolled at the thought of *her*.  'NO! 
NO! NO!' her thoughts screamed.  'It can't be!  It just can't be!  How 
can the Sailor Scouts fight *that* again?!  We were killed last time!' 

Terren put a paw on her arm, "Calm down, Rose.  Queen Serenity didn't 
destroy her.  She only sealed her.  If she had destroyed her, then she 
would have killed everyone in the Kingdom.  Yes, she came back.  Over 
three years ago, actually," he told her, somewhat reassuringly.

Rose turned pale, and slouched down on the bench.  "Thr-three years 
ago?  Why didn't you awaken me sooner?  How are we even still here if
Beryl broke out of her prison?"  She began taking slow breaths, suddenly 
feeling more panicked then before.

"I tried to awaken Sailor Earth when I found out about the enemy, but 
I couldn't find you.  After a little investigating, I found out all 
about you, and that you had been adopted.  It turns out that Sailors 
Moon, Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, and Venus were awaken and didn't need 
you.  There's also Tuxedo Mask, but I don't know much of anything 
about him.  They defeated Queen Beryl, and a few other enemies.  There 
has been peace for about two years now.  Only a few renegade demons, 
one every month or so.  Nothing big.  But I sense something is going 
to happen, and the Sailor Scouts are going to be needed again.  That's 
why I awoke you, to help fight, if necessary."

Rose looked down, feeling dejected.  "You said that they didn't need 
me then, why would they now?  I'm just a stupid little orphan girl 
with no memories of her family, and no friends."  She clenched her 
fists and fought back the tears that threatened to spill from her eyes.  
"They obviously don't need me."

Terren looked at her, surprised.  "What?  Of course they need you!  
You are a Sailor Scout!  It is your destiny to fight evil no matter 
what!  The Sailor Scouts could always use extra help, I'm sure.  
Besides, as soon as the Earth Prince and the Moon Princess got married, 
you were going to become one of the Royal Court.  A protector of the 
Princess," he told her.  "It is your destiny," he told her sharply.

"You remember all that?" Rose asked disbelieving.  She remembered 
parts of it, but nothing like that.  "Why don't I remember that?" she
questioned as she furrowed in concentration.

Terren sighed.  "I suppose that is because Queen Serenity sealed 
your memory.  She didn't want anyone to remember, unless it was 
absolutely necessary."  He turned to Rose, "So that is why you don't 
remember anything fully; she didn't want you to, so that way you can, 
well could, live a normal life."

"Oh," Rose whispered.  "Do you know who the Moon Princess and Earth 
Prince are?  Or are they still sealed?"

He sighed sadly, 'She doesn't remember Endymion.  If she did, I'm sure 
she would have asked me more then that.  I'd sure like to know what 
he was doing if I were her!'  He considered this with more detail, 
'I probably shouldn't tell her now.  It would drive her crazy knowing 
that he's somewhere out there, and she can't find him.  Later, when 
she is better trained and controlled,' he decided.

Terren looked down, as if in deep thought.  "I really don't know.  I 
do know that I should remember more then the other Guardian cats.  
They probably won't have any recollection of you, if they remember 
anything all.  You didn't spend a lot of time with them until the 
royalty were engaged.  That's about all I can remember," he lied 
gracefully.

"Anyway," Terren began again.  "They beat Queen Beryl, at least 
according to my information they did, and went back to having normal, 
peaceful lives.  A few weeks later, a strange new force appeared that 
began to drain energy from anyone that it could.  That threat was 
extinguished a little over a month later by the Sailor Scouts and the 
Moonlight Night, whoever that was," he added as an after thought.

He gave a small chuckle, "And those poor girls, only two weeks after 
that a new force appeared.  I don't know what they were after, or who 
they were, but once again they were defeated.  And as I said, there 
have been small attacks, but nothing like those other three.  But now, 
I sense that something evil is approaching, and that it is more powerful 
than the any of the other enemies."  He looked up to his charge who 
had been listening intently.

"You said that they might not remember me.  If they don't then they 
might think that I'm one of the enemy, or something.  What will we do
then?"  She couldn't take this any more.  She needed to get her mind 
on something else.  "Huh what? What, Smarty Cat?" she finished in a 
teasing voice as she began to tickle Terren.

He laughed and jumped out of the way.  He really didn't like being 
tickled and chased around, but he knew that her adopted family had 
passed away and she needed a good laugh.  Besides, he could reprimand 
her later for not staying on task. (AN: Yes, I've created another Luna!  
RUN!!  Well, it could be worse and there could be another one of me 
or another Nicole Cherre running around!) After only a few moments of
running, they both stopped abruptly, Rose nearly tripping over Terren.

Terren narrowed his eyes and looked east.  "There is something evil 
over there," he told her quietly.

Rose nodded slowly.  "Yes.  I feel it too.  Something evil...and 
powerful.  Should we go?" she asked, turning to her guardian.  He 
looked up at her and nodded.

She smiled and reached into the air.  "Hope this still works," she 
mumbled under her breath.  

"EARTH POW-" she was suddenly cut off by Terren.

"Hold it!" he yelled.

She looked down in exasperation and put her hands on her hips as he 
continued.  "I watched the Sailor Scouts fight a couple of times and 
noticed that over time they got more powerful.  I later learned from 
my...er...source, that they had gotten new power sticks.  And so," he
looked up at her, grinning.  "I took the liberty of getting you a new 
power stick, too."

He finished and did a back flip, magically pulling a transformation 
pen out of thin air.  It had a gold star on top instead of a circle 
with the Earth symbol in the center.  The handle was dark blue that 
matched her eyes.

It landed in Roses' hands, and seemed to be made especially for her 
palm.  "Wow!  It's more powerful then my other one?"

Terran nodded.  "Ten times more powerful, actually."  He chuckled at 
her surprised look.  "Do you know what to do?"

Smiling, she simply demonstrated for him.

"EARTH STAR POWER!"

In a flash of lights and magic, there stood a Sailor Scout where a 
normal teenager had once stood.  She had on a dark blue Sailor Fuku 
with green bows and blue high heels (like Sailor Mars').  In her hand 
she carried a tall blue staff, much like Sailor Pluto's.  It was dark 
blue and had a green jewel on top of it.  (I saw the fuku description 
in someone's fanfic a couple weeks ago.  I made this up two months 
before that and did not steal it from that author.  I can't remember 
his/her name, but I did not steal the costume.  Plus they didn't give 
Sailor Earth a staff.)

Sailor Earth grinned at the rush of power that suddenly flowed through 
her veins.  Breathing in she turned to her cat, "Let's go, Terren!" 
she yelled as she started off.  Terran nodded and climbed up onto her 
shoulder as they two headed to the danger.

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The force of Rubeus' assault threw Sailor Moon, Sailor Mars, and Sailor 
Jupiter back.  The tree warriors flew backwards, Moon hit a tree, Mars
landed hard on the ground and Jupiter slammed into one of the temple 
walls.

Tuxedo Mask rushed to Moons' side and checked her over.  She waved him 
away and stood up, bringing her scepter out from her dimensional 
pocket.  'We are waaaaaaaaaay out of practice,' she thought.  She 
looked around and saw all of her friends standing up, looking at the 
supposedly dead Rubeus.

Tuxedo Mask began a question and answer session with Rubeus to buy 
time for the girls.  "How can you still be alive?  You've been dead 
for *two* years, Rubeus.  What are you doing back?"

"I'm hear to capture the Princess, and the Rabbit," he smirked.  "You 
can hand them over now, or I can kill all of you and take them 
forcefully.  It's your choice."

Mars let out an angry cry and attacked him, along with Jupiter and 
Venus.

"MARS CELESTIAL FIRE SURROUND!"

"VENUS LOVE CHAIN ENCIRCLE!"

"JUPITER THUNDERCLAPS ZAP!"

The three attacks combined and went flying towards Rubeus.  Rubeus 
smirked and held out a hand, completely blocking the blast.

"No way!" Moon yelled.  She then narrowed her eyes and brought her 
scepter into ready position.  

"MOON SCEPTER ELIMINATION!"

Rubeus again looked at the incoming blast and laughed, but stopped 
when it hit him full in the chest.  He staggered back and glared at 
Sailor Moon and threw his energy balls at her again.

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Sailor Earth ran to the source of the evil energy.  She stopped when 
she saw where it was.  "The Cherry Hill Temple?!  They are attacking 
a place of worship!?"  She growled and continued running, though still 
clueless as to who 'they' were.

She jumped into a tree and observed the other Sailor Scouts.  Three 
were recovering and two were standing off to the side, looking quite 
pissed off.  She took notice of a man standing next to one of the 
girls as he began talking to the person who attacked them.

"How can you still be alive?  You've been dead for *two* years, Rubeus.  
What are you doing back?"  Sailor Earth's eyes widened at this 
information. 

"Two years," she whispered.  The next words, however, made her blood 
run cold, and then burn like fire.

"I'm hear to capture the Princess, and the Rabbit," he smirked.  "You 
can hand them over now, or I can kill all of you and take them 
forcefully.  It's your choice."

Earth's eyes darkened.  He was after the Princess and the 'Rabbit.'  
She had no idea who the 'Rabbit' was, but if the evil one was after 
him/her, then she had to protect this 'Rabbit' as she would her 
Princess.

She heard the one in red give out a cry as she and two others 
attacked.  When they screamed out their attacks she put their names 
into her memory.  'Green is Jupiter.  Red is Mars.  Yellow is Venus.  
That means that Blue is Mercury and the other one in pink and blue is 
Moon.  The guy must be Tuxedo Mask.'

Earth gasped as the man, Rubeus, they were fighting simply reflected 
the attack.  'No way!'  She watched as Sailor Moon stood up and raised 
something that was obviously her weapon and use it.  Earth smiled as 
the attack hit him.  But the smile faded when the man wasn't 
destroyed, just angry.

Earth's' eyes widened in shock as he launched an attack at Moon.  'OH
NO!  I've got to do something!  Wait...what are my powers?  I can't 
remember...'  Then it hit her.  She knew what she had to do.  It was 
a defensive attack, and one of her weakest ones at that.  But it was 
exactly what she needed.

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Out of nowhere a new voice called out, "EARTH CYCLONE WINDS!"  (Err- 
Nikki-chan has almost the exact same attack for her Sailor.  I didn't 
steal it!)

A strong rush of wind came from a tree on the Temples' grounds, and 
knocked the energy off target, causing it to slam into a tree and 
disintegrate it.

Rubeus looked up to the tree and didn't see anything, but took that 
as his cue to leave.  "I'll be back, Sailor Scouts.  And next time, 
I won't leave with out the Rabbit.  And your precious Serenity!"  
With that, he disappeared. 

Sailor Moon turned to the tree just in time to see a girl in a Sailor 
Fuku run off.  "Hey wait!  Please come back!" she called to the 
mysterious girl.  The girl did not stop, but seemed to slow down 
and consider what Moon said and then, sped up again.

The others looked in the direction that Sailor Moon was facing and 
saw nothing, who ever it was, was now gone.  "What did you see, 
Serena?" Tuxedo Mask asked as he placed a hand on her shoulder.

She looked up at him and sighed.  "I'm not sure.  I thought I saw a 
girl...but she's gone now.  Who do you think that was?" she asked all 
of her friends.

They each shrugged or sighed, or both.  A moment later, a scared little 
girl followed by two cats came out from the bushes.  "Is everyone 
alright?" Rini asked.  

The Sailor Scouts detransformed and turned to the new arrivals.  
Serena bent down and opened her arms.  Rini gratefully rushed into 
them.  "We're fine, Rini.  Just a little sore."

Rini looked up, her eyes full of tears.  "Are you sure, Mommy?  I 
heard you guys screaming, so..."

"Don't worry Rini!" Raye exclaimed with a small smile on her face.  
"We've survived worse, ya know."

"I know," Rini whispered.  She looked up to her friends and sniffed.  
"I just don't want to loose any of you!"

Darien bent down and hugged both Serena and Rini.  "You won't loose 
any of us, Rini.  I promise."

Rini smiled, a true genuine smile that in turn, caused everyone else 
to smile too.  "Thank you."

"Great," Artemis said.  "Well, now that that's settled, why don't you 
tell us what's happening, and why you're here."

Rini hesitated but then nodded in agreement.  Clutching her parents' 
hands she walked into the temple to explain to them what was going 
on.  Or at least what was aloud to be told.

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Sailor Earth ran from the battle scene.  As she took off she heard a 
voice that she recognized as Sailor Moon's call to her, "Hey wait!  
Please come back!"  Earth hesitated for a moment, but kept running.  
When she was far enough away she detransformed inside of an alleyway.

"Well," she started putting Terren on the ground, "that was...
educational."

"..."

Rose turned to her guardian.  "What is it, Furball?"

Terren looked up at her and made a face at the name.  Rose just 
laughed.  "It was Sailor Moon.  There's something...different about 
her.  She's no ordinary warrior.  And I don't remember her from the 
Moon Kingdom.  There was no Sailor Moon."

Rose looked at him blankly, then laughed, "Terry, you are waaaaaaay 
too suspicious.  Haven't I told you that before?"

Terren looked up at her and made another face.  "It's just a feeling.  
She's different.  More powerful.  It was obvious that that guy wasn't 
concerned when the other's attacked.  When Sailor Moon did, he wasn't 
worried, but he knew that her attack was stronger.  I could sense that."

"Well, I'm more concerned about what that guy, Tuxedo Mask, said.  You 
know, about...Rubeus, yeah that's right, being dead for two years.  
If he was dead, them how could he be back?  Rubeus also said that he 
was after the Princess and someone called 'Rabbit.'  If he's after 
the Princess, then I know he's my enemy.  But, who or what is 'Rabbit?'  
This is so confusing, I don't know what to do, or think."  Rose sighed 
and sat down on the ground, burying her face in her hands.

Terren sighed to and jumped onto her shoulder.  "I know you're 
confused, so am I.  You just saved Sailor Moon's life, maybe next 
battle you should reveal yourself and tell them who you are."  He 
waited for Rose's reluctant nod.  "Good!  Now let's get back to the 
home.  I'm sure everyone's worried about you."

Rose gave a half-hearted smile, sat up and walked home.  She had school 
tomorrow at Crossroads High School and she would need her rest now.  
That one attack had been one of her two original attacks, not one of 
her new ones, and it had taken more out of her then she thought it 
would.  The thought of sleep kept her awake long enough to get home, 
and fall back into repose.

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Somewhere in space, a man looks at the prize he hopes to claim, the 
Earth.  He saw no problems, except for those annoying little pests.  
He would kill every one of them, therefore, destroying Crystal Tokyo 
and the Universe.  But, that was actually his minions' job.

He watched as Rubeus returned to his ship and punched a wall.  Others 
came to him and laughed at his failure or mocked him.

He turned the image in front of himself off and laughed.  He had 
thought that only four of the Sailor Scouts were awakened along with
the King and Queen, but Sailor Earth had shown up.  'I guess this 
means that I can get rid of all the thorns in my side in order to take 
over the planet.'  


TO BE CONTINUED...


Yep, bit of a cliffhanger!  See, I told you guys I was unoriginal!  I 
can't even come up with new enemies!  Oh, except the man in space, he 
is *my* character!  

I would like to say this.  Here is real legal mumbo jumbo.  Although 
I don't own Sailor Moon or its associated characters, I do own Roseanna 
Shilds/Sailor Earth along with Terren the cat or Terry.  I also own 
the man in space who has no name to you yet.  (Although I have a name 
for him, you can't know it quite yet.)  I have no problems with you 
using my characters, I just ask that you ask my permission before you 
do.  I also own this plot.

OK, enough with that BS!  Now it's time to switch back to Stefanie 
mode!

How is Rubeus back?  Who is the man in space?  Why should Terren care 
if Rose remembers Endymion or not? (I think all of you can figure that 
one out!)  Will Rini be safe now?  

I'm only asking these questions because Nikki-chan likes to do that and 
I feel like making fun of her! ^_~

**Speaking of my strange onee-chan, I want to give credit to a 
character's or two names here.  Nikki-chan told me I should call Rose, 
Rose.  When this was originally in the works, I was going to name her 
"Jenna."  I don't know why, that was the first name that came into my 
head at the time.  She said it should be Rose, so it is!  This makes 
it so I can have a couple of teasing feasts' with her name.  You'll 
see what's up with that later!  Also, she told me to change the 
spelling of Terran with an "A" to "Terren" with an "E".  That's what 
I did!  Now he's got the nickname Terry!  Thanks sis!

Love, Luck, and Luna! 

Stef

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Isn't that cute!  Long live the Meatball Head!


Oh, by the way.............HAPPY HALLOWEEN, EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!!