Read the important note! This chapter is a newer version of the one that was here. The next couple of weeks chapters 2-8 are going to be revised!

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Let me begin by saying I am sorry for not updating. I want to thank all the people who still read and review my fic's. Back to business, when I began writing I made a promise to finish what I started, that I would not leave my stories done. Well, I am going to keep that promise. The only problem is that in order to accomplish the promise I must edit everything. I am not doing this to torture you but to benefit you. My writing has changed since I began writing here and I must re-connect to the story plot. If you have any suggestions or changes you wish to see please tell me, thank you for being patience. I will not let you guys down!

I regret to inform you that I do not own or will ever own Sailor Moon and her characters, now the plot line is another story.

-Ages-

Serena is 17 but turning 18.

The inner scouts are already 18.

The outer scouts are 19.

Prizma, Bertie, Catzi and Avery are 18

Darien and Diamond are 21.

-Summery-

Serena been noticing that the Scouts have not been doing their jobs lately, although, she may be the Princess of the Moon and a Scout that does not mean she is suppose to protect herself. Yes, she wanted to have an average life just like the rest of them but she has a duty to protect the world around her. What if she was to need help defending the world one day and the Scouts don't show up because they believe she could handle it on her own however the bad guys are stronger than her? Enough was enough she needed to deal with her Scouts one way or another and if that meant she had to make a deal with the devil then so be it.

~I Hate This~

Ever since she was a small girl, she always thought she would become a Princess or a Super Hero so she never thought that her wish would actually come alive. It all started when she first met her guardian Luna as Luna informed her she was a Sailor Scout and her mission was to find the other Scouts and overall find and save the Moon Princess.

As Serena looked at her cat Luna she wondered if everyone just expected her to be the best at everything, be a top student, fight well, save everyone, help the Scouts, be there for everyone but who was there for her? Before she was Sailor Moon, she was Serena an average student but it seemed that once Luna informed her she was a Sailor Scout she expected her to do her best.

Even if she got to re-live her life over she knew she would have still become a Sailor Scout but… yes there was a "but" you know that "but" that could make you rethink your life. Years of trying to be the leader the Scouts needed or the Princess they wanted her to be, Serena began to wonder of a time when they would not need her to be there to fight. Back in the Moon Kingdom her role was not a warrior but a Princess who would one day take over the throne.

Yes, she was the re-incarnation of Princess Serenity but now she was Serena, Serena who has no formal training of how to be a Princess, how to dance, sing, speak in an eloquent matter and so forth. She had a feeling that the Scouts and Luna just expect her to know this information already but that was impossible right?

No one knew how she actually felt, not even Darien who is suppose to be her Prince Charming. What if she did not want to marry Darien and be his Queen, yes, they were once destined to be together but that was in the past and this was another time. Sometimes she had to wonder if being Sailor Moon was a blessing or a curse as no one would ever take her seriously.

For example the other day when they were fighting a youma the Scouts kept correcting her attacks "Not there Sailor Moon," "Move Sailor Moon," "I told you the weak spot was at the head." Argh, don't they understand that they make her nervous when they start to tell her how to fight! She knew how to fight she's been doing it longer than they were Sailor Scouts in this time after all she was woken first and she had to find each one of them.

They saw what they wanted to see but never looked deep enough to see Serena, she was not the clumsy girl everyone thought she was or a bad student but rather she liked being one of the crowd. When she was little she knew she had to disguise herself and be able to blend within the crowd or else the bad people would attack her family as they would be in danger because of her being a super hero. Stupid, she knew but she was a small child who was bright for her age and so from there on she practice at being clumsy, a cry baby, a bad student in order to protect the people she loved so now it was just a bad habit that she knew one day would come to an end.

"Luna, will the fighting ever end?" she asked softly as she petted the black cat with the crescent moon on her forehead.

"Of course not, being the Princess comes with big responsibilities and I fear you are not ready to face them. How many time have I told you to study for exams or sleep early, it is as if my words go through one ear and come out the other. You know that being the leader of the Scouts you need to be there for them and protect everyone from bad."

Serena stood up from her bed and walked towards her dresser leaving Luna to rant her displeasures about her. 'I only asked a simple question Luna' she thought as she reached for a hair brush so she could brush her golden long hair. A simple question; which could have just been answered with a simple yes or no, so why did Luna have to make that simple question into how she was not a good leader or Princess. Her piercing blue eyes landed on Luna once again 'what if you realize that I'm not as bad as you think Luna. I'm not weak or stupid as you think, if I wanted I could have already graduated college with honors, I'm a better fighter than Lita, smarter than Amy, actually better than your precious Scouts.' With that in her mind, she walked out of her room "Great another day pretending to be something I'm not."

She began to head towards the arcade where they usually hanged out and wondered what today would bring. She laughed for a moment, Andrew was the manager of the arcade but he tended to treat her as a little sister. Andrew was her protector and he would protect her from all the boys that she was not interested in or weren't even good for her.

Oh yeah, she was not allowed to like other boys as it was against her Princess duties as she was to marry Darien when she was older something that she did not agree 100%. What if this time they were not meant for one another, after the Scouts found out she was the Princess they only wanted her and Darien to date. "Everything is not set in stones you know…" she whispered.

"What stones? Are you okay?" asked Andrew from behind the counter as he watched his favorite girl sit in one of the seats.

"No, nothing is wrong. Everything is just perfect, anyways, can I please have the double chocolate milk shake." She smiled at him sweetly because she knew that Andrew could not deny her anything especially if he could do it.

"Of course Bunny, so how is everything" he leaned closer to her "with the scouts?" he asked softly.

Serena looked at him and shrugged her shoulder "The same old thing, the girls are all on my back, I mean the other day there was a fight but they just end up pressuring me and I made a mistake."

"Here, you go" he hands her the shake were she answered with a small "thank you" he looked around the arcade and made sure no one was listening "why don't you tell them to back off? You know that if they keep this up you are going to get hurt and that is the last thing I want to see happening."

"I've tried to do that but they won't listen to me, I mean what good is being the leader if they do not trust my judgment. For example I asked Luna if the fight would ever end and she gives me a lecture of how I am a bad leader although, she did not say it in those words exactly I know what she meant." Serena told Andrew. The girls and Darien did not know that Andrew knew of their little secret, a year ago, she had concluded that Andrew had the right to know of their extra activities.

Especially when he was asking too many questions about why she was so tired or was always running late and where she got all of those bruises. Hiding things from Andrew was too difficult when he seemed to know her so well, besides the pressure of being Sailor Moon and the Moon Princess was getting overwhelming and since none of her friends or guardians understood her Andrew was the best option to go. After making Andrew swear on his life that he would never reveal any of her secrets no matter what she was about to reveal to him, he had promised on his life.

Before Andrew could respond four girls walked in and sat near Serena "So, Meatball Head stuffing your face again?" Raye asked.

"What are you talking about Raye, as far as I see it I'm not stuffing anything. I am just sitting here drinking my milkshake like any other person when you come over here and rudely interrupt my conversation with Andrew." Serena stated calmly as she sent an apologetic look to Andrew, as she knew that their conversation was going to be held for another day.

"What's gotten into you Meatball Head?" Darien whispered from behind her.

"You know that I hate that name Darien and nothing has gotten into me. I just prefer that people call me by my given name. After all none of you would like it if people started to call you names that you dislike and honey" she looked at Darien innocently "next time you call me by something that isn't my name then you are going to regret it." With that said she walked towards the booth they usually sat in and waited for them to order whatever they were going to get so that they can begin to talk Scout's business.

The others watched Serena walked away, all of them wondering where this attitude was coming from. Andrew on the other hand was trying not to laugh aloud because of their dumbfounded faces.

Once the girls and Darien had ordered whatever they wanted they headed towards Serena where Darien sat next to Serena as he pulled her towards him.

"Oh my god, who was that cute boy?" Mina asked Lita.

"Well, his name is Alexander Newmoon and…"

"Wait Alexander, as in Alexander Newmoon?" Serena interrupted Lita, the others looked at her and wondered what Serena's interest to this Alexander person was.

"Yeah, do you know him?" Lita asked as she tried to hide a hint of jealousy.

"Oh I do know him. I can't believe he came back. Molly is going to be excited with the news but wait do you know if his single?" Serena suddenly asked as she blushed for her rambling.

All of the girls looked at Serena with a raised eyebrow "Why do you want to know if his single?" Raye asked, she was next to Darien and watched as his face got this bothered looked.

"Oh, it doesn't matter but I got to go since we are not talking about Scout business anyways I got some things to do." Serena got up but was surprise when somebody grabbed her arm, she looked to see who grabbed her and saw that it was Darien, she looked at him with a raised eyebrow "yes?"

"I hope you're not planning on seeing this Alexander guy."

"What? Please tell me you did not just say that." Serena looked at Darien in hopes that he was joking but noticed that he was not.

"Serena does it look like I am joking and I don't think this is the right time to talk about this." When he said this he looked at the girls and then around the arcade in hopes that Serena would take the hint in hopes that their private life stays just that private.

"Who I see and what I do is none of your concerns Darien and if I want to see Alexander then I will. I don't care if you are my boyfriend or whatever. Alex is a friend of mine that I have missed dearly, now if you will be kindly as to remove your arm then I will gladly go about my business" Serena tried to yank her arm free but Darien's grip was stronger.

"We need to go and talk Serena. This isn't like you and I can seriously say that I do not like this kind of behavior."

"Excuse me" Serena looked at him in shock, where was this attitude coming from, there was no way she was going to let him talk to her that way.

"That is not what I meant" he looked at the girls and gave them a smile "if you girls will excuse us, Serena and I have some talking to do."

The girls looked at Darien and then at Serena, they understood where Darien was coming from after all why would Serena suddenly find interest in a guy, she is suppose to love Darien and no one else. "It's okay Darien, go on and have your conversation. I guess like Serena says we aren't going to be doing any Scout business today" Lita responded while the rest of the girls nodded their heads in agreement.

"That's it! I am not going to be treated like a little girl and don't talk as if I am not here. Once again Darien let go of my arm and I will talk to you when you are cooled down" Serena said annoyed.

"Then stop acting like it" Darien responded as he tightened his grip.

"Darien is right. You should stop acting like a spoiled child and act more like the princess you will become or as the leader you were destine to be." Amy said softly as she looked at Serena's annoyed face "don't look at me like that Sere. We know that you are not a child but there are times when you act as a baby. You know when you are always crying or acting immature. What has it been 2 to 3 years that you have been a Scout and yet you don't act your age."

"Okay, I cannot believe that you just said that Amy. I can understand this coming from Raye but not you" she took in a steady breath as she tried to calm down her anger. She looked at all of them and knew that she had to get away before they all began to bash on her, it seems it was easy to blame her for her mistakes which weren't really her mistakes. They did not understand how it feels having all your life planned out, she could no longer date as her so-call destiny is with Darien, she can no longer act the way she does because she is a Princess and a leader.

"Think whatever you want, I am leaving. I am not going to stay here and hear all of your un-called comments" she yanked her arm hard and managed to surprise Darien as his gripped loosen enough for her to escape.

Serena began to walk away from the arcade as fast as possible, how dare they try to lecture her about her behavior. Darien stepped out of line when he tried to deny her from meeting up with an old friend, who cares if it was a boy. His behavior was unnecessary, especially when she has never denied him meeting up with his other acquaintances from school. She wondered if they would always see her as nothing more than a weak and irresponsible leader. "No matter, there isn't anything I can do at the moment but I know one thing is that I am reaching my boiling point. Stupid Sailor Scouts and Tux boy believing that they know best, ha don't make me laugh when they don't really know anything." Serena told herself as she tried to clear her head and become the girl that everyone loved even though that it was just a façade of herself.

"Serena is being so stupid!" Raye yelled out frustrated as she bite into her hamburger "and besides who does she think she is acting as if she owns the place. Plus I know she is going to go and meet this Alexander in person." She looked around the table and smiled as she knew that she deserved the spotlight if anyone should be leader of the Scouts it should have been her; after all she was the most focus of them all and was able to see the future. Not only was she meant to be the leader but Darien should have been hers too, yes she understood that Darien and Serena where meant to be but she had her eyes on him first. She shrugged her shoulders as a way of shaking off those thoughts, she had long ago accepted fates decision but that didn't stop her desires.

Darien looked at the girls and could not help but agree, Serena was meant to be his and no one else's. How dare she embarrassed him in front of the girls, this was no way his future wife should be acting! "Lita, who is this Alexander?"

Lita looked up towards Darien and thought of her next words before answering "Well, as far as I know Alexander used to live here but moved away 3 years ago. All the girls use to go crazy over him but no one really understood why he moved away and thus everyone wants to know why he's back." She looked at the others "Plus, they say that he has a brother probably 2 to 1 year of a difference but they have built up a reputation in the business world."

"How do you think they know each other?" Darien asked.

Everyone knew who "they" was referring too "I don't know, maybe they went to school together?" Mina said out loud.

"I highly doubt that" Amy spoke up as everyone looked at her "According, to this" referring to her minicomputer "it says that Alexander Newmoon is a well known respectable young man who is setting the business world on fire. His tactics in running a business makes him respectable in the eyes of other business men, especially because he is in his early 20s."

"So it means that they did not go to school together?" Mina asked.

"Well, I highly doubt that meatball head actually knows this Newmoon person; she's probably trying to get out of this meeting to play video games or something" Raye spoke up.

~END OF CHAPTER~

So there… my first update in a really long time. I think this chapter is better than before, for those who read this fic before so I am just going to finish this one and then go on to the other ones. Okay so I am not sure how I am going to finish them but I do know that this newer version will be longer and better than before so thanks for baring with me and this update is for those who still review and read my stories that have not been updated in a while.