First story written in a long time, hope you all enjoy.

By Crazy Cherry

~Second Chances~

Enter Galaxia

Chapter 1

The silence surrounded her, Chaos was coming and her fear that someday he would discover the planet she had tried so hard to hide from him was near. Looking around her at the crumbled moon kingdom Princess Serenity new she could no longer keep her promise to protect the earth from the moon, she was so tired and weak from cloaking the earth from Chaos's senses that she couldn't even protect herself from him. She had to leave, she had to find some place safe to hide until her powers were restored and she could defeat Chaos, but the only place she could hide herself was earth the last place she wanted to be.

Listening to the silence she knew that it had changed, the temple she was praying in was shifting and she could feel it slowly disappearing around her. The moon kingdom began to crumble as it had a thousand years ago when she began her duty as the protector of the earth and the galaxy it resided in. Slowly she stood up and her white gown shifted and vanished to be replaced with her Sailor uniform, she would fight Chaos long enough to allow her powers to cloak those on earth that carried the Star Seeds of the planets. She couldn't risk any of them being found, she wouldn't be able to fight alone this time she needed their help to destroy this new enemy, and she would break her promise to all of them if it meant that they would live to be happy.

Slowly extending the Eternal Tier before her it expanded into a staff and emitted a bright warm light that engulfed the moon. "You think this can hold me in Goddess of the Moon!" Laughter erupted as Chaos showed the form it had tempted into possession, Sailor Galaxia stood before Sailor Moon and continued to laugh at her, "You can't hold me in here for much longer you're too weak to hold me back now, cloaking the earth took too much of your powers and now I'll be able to take your star seed all to easily."

Standing her ground Sailor Moon continued to distract Galaxia while the last of her powers went to earth, "You'll never have them, I'll make sure of that Galaxia," with the last of her powers leaving her body sailor moon began to fade, "I've already hidden them from you, you'll never find them!"

Anger burst from Galaxia as she realized what Sailor Moon was doing, throwing herself forward Galaxia grasped Sailor Moon by the neck and a hideous scream echoed throughout the moon, "You think you're so smart, hiding them from me but I'll find them, I'll find all of them and you'll have nothing when I'm done with the planet!" Galaxia tightened her hold on Sailor Moons neck and continued to squeeze tighter as she disappeared, "I'll find you, and when I do I'll take everything from you!"

With a last breath Sailor Moon vanished along with all of her powers from Galaxia's grasp, she hadn't expected for the Moon brat to have so much power left over to hide the star seed holders of the planets. She should have expected something like this though; the brat had been cloaking the galaxy from her for over five hundred years. If Queen Metalla's hadn't been reborn on earth along with all the senshi Sailor Moon might have succeeded in hiding the planet from her for much longer but Metalla's darkness had broken through the cloak and allowed for others to attack the earth and leave behind a trail of dark powers for Galaxia to follow. With a smirk Galaxia waved her hand and began to disappear, "your only prolonging the inevitable Moon Princess, I'll find you and you'll watch as I destroy this galaxy." With a laugh Galaxia was gone.

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The day was ending and the evening sky was streaked with different hues of red and purple, Seiya couldn't quite get used to seeing the evening on earth regardless of the amount of time they've spent here. It had been months since they had felt the presence of Princess Kakyuu on this planet and all they knew was that she was still here within this solar system. With a sigh he continued on with his walk, rehearsals had become so tiresome lately with the way Taiki was driving them all so hard. It didn't matter how hard they sang Kakyuu wasn't answering them back, and he was beginning to wonder if maybe she had a reason for keeping herself hidden from them for so long.

Looking back over his shoulder he checked to make sure no one was watching him before he made a leap to the top of a nearby building. The night sky would soon show the stars completely and allow him to feel a semblance of hope in the future, he had felt Galaxia's presence just a little while ago and he feared that she had found them on this planet. It had taken them so long to discover their princess's aura because of the cloak over this system but once they had felt her it was as if they had been welcomed into this solar system with open arms. It was just another reason he was sure there was a reason why Kakyuu hadn't shown herself to them yet.

Leaning against the safety railing on the building's roof he looked out over the city and watched as the planets inhabitants continued on with their lives without a single clue as to the evil that was stalking they're planet. Lifting his eyes skyward he watched as the moon began its dance across the sky and swore he saw a pink light fading from around it. Shaking his head he slowly made his way to standing on the edge of the building and preparing to jump down to the ground when his eyes landed on a young girl stumbling down the sidewalk using the stone wall lining the walkway as a means of support. Narrowing his eyes he noticed that she was pale, almost luminescent in the moonlight, hopping down from the building he crossed over the street and made his way in the direction of the girl. Two streets later he found her leaning against the wall to support herself as she slid down to the ground in a crumpled mess. He recognized the school uniform as the same one the girls at his school wore but he'd never seen her there before and as he approached her he knew she wasn't someone he'd seen before because he would have remembered her purely from her beauty.

Kneeling beside her he slowly lifted her golden hair to find her sleeping, sighing he lifted the girl up in his arms and continued on down the street to his apartment where he could already feel Yaten's glare on his back for bringing a girl home but he knew he couldn't just leave her there, something in him told him that it was the right thing to do, just like he felt that everything that was happening now was all part of a master plan put in place before they were even born. Shaking his head he tried to refocus his mind on the matters at hand, neither of the other two starlight's wanted to admit that their princess wasn't revealing herself for a reason, they couldn't admit that they were singing in vain and that she would reveal herself when she was ready. Shifting the girl in his arms he looked back down at her and thought she almost looked like a little bunny while she slept, smiling he finished the walk back to the apartment.

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"Somethings happened, hasn't it?" Makoto whispered as she stared at the flames inside the shrine with the other Senshi. Rei hadn't said anything for the past twenty minutes as she stared into the flames a look of dismay played across her face, all the other Senshi waited for her to speak but she seemed reluctant to do so.

"Rei, what's wrong, what do you see?" Ami finally touched Rei's shoulder and gave her a slight shake to wake her from her thoughts. "What did you see?" fear had touched Ami's voice; they had all felt the shift that had taken place that afternoon within their solar system. Something had changed and they were currently trying to figure out what new enemy they were facing. "Rei-chan?"

"I can't feel her anyone..." with a shudder Rei turned to face the girls, "I can't feel her anymore!" Panic had entered her as soon as she had summoned the flames to help her pinpoint the reason for the shifting of power and the answer had scared her more then she wanted to admit.

Turning to fully face the girls she looked at each one of them to see if they understood what she was saying, and when they all seemed to understand she looked down at her hands. They had been looking for their princess for so long and had always had hope that they would one day find her because they had always sensed her presence amongst them especially in battle, but now her presence was gone.

"What did the flames show you?" Luna walked up to Rei and rubbed up against her as a way of comforting the girl, but by the way Rei was currently staring blankly at the floor Luna knew it would be a while before she spoke of her vision. Looking back at all the girls she nodded her head and they soon all left the shrine and headed back to Rei's room to wait for her.

"What do you think she saw?" Minako whispered more to herself than for anyone else to hear.

"Do you really think Serenity is gone, I mean we don't always feel her presence so maybe this is just another time that she's just too far away for us to feel?" Looking to Ami for assurance Makoto found that the Senshi of Mercury was currently looking out the door waiting for Rie. Ami had heard her though and was wondering the same thing, maybe Serenity was just too far out of reach for any of them to feel her, maybe Rei hadn't witnessed anything other than a new enemy and was worried that they wouldn't be able to defeat it without the Princess's help.

"Try and be patient girls she'll tell us what she saw when she's ready." Luna stated as she slowly circled the pillow on Rei's bed before lying down and closing her eyes. Artemis sat down beside her and continued to watch the door just as Ami did.

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Rei walked slowly back to her room, she didn't know how to explain to the girls what she had seen because all she really knew was that she couldn't feel Serenity anymore not even in meditation. The night air was still and she felt the silence surround her as she had in her vision, the new enemy had arrived on earth and she didn't know if they could defeat this one without the help of the Princess. In every battle they had always felt her powers coursing through them as they fought and it was because of that power she had given them that they were always able to destroy the enemy. She had even appeared before them twice, once before Queen Metalla and Pharaoh 90 as their Messiah but as the battles ended and she reappeared before them she was already fading away and with one glance over her shoulder she had looked so lonely, Rei was almost positive that the princess wasn't actually there both times but had shown herself in a holographic form to reassure them that she was still with them.

With a sigh she reached her bedroom door and slowly pushed it open, when she entered all eyes were on her. How was she supposed to explain to them what exactly she saw and felt during that reading? Looking behind her she was reassured by Phobos and Deimos her two guardian crows sitting off in a tree watching her. Looking back to the girls she fully entered her room and took a seat on her bed next to Luna and Artemis.

"It's hard to explain everything that I feel about what I just saw in that vision." With a heavy sigh she looked over at her door that she left open to look out at the night sky with the moon weighing heavy above them. "The enemy is one of us," biting her lip she tried work out her thoughts, "I know she's one of us, a sailor senshi. She's collecting something, but I don't know what exactly it is she's looking for but the one she really wants, her whole purpose of coming here, is for this one object." Looking at the girls faces she was glad that they were listening to her without interrupting with questions, "I saw her with someone, she was speaking to her, I couldn't make out the figure but in the end it disappeared. What if it was Serenity, what if this new enemy killed our princess and we weren't there to protect her! What kind of guardians are we if we can't even find and protect our own princess!" Standing up Rei marched out of her room and collapsed on the porch that surrounded the temple.

Her one fear was coming true, her princess was gone. "I don't think she's gone Rei," Ami looked down at Rei and smiled, "When I close my eyes and allow my mind to reach out I can feel a block," focusing on the moon Ami forehead scrunched in thought, "I think she's blocking us from something, protecting us even..." Rei looked up at the moon and reached out with her powers to the moon and found that Ami was right, something was blocking them but what. It wasn't a power she was familiar with; it was something different than the energy of the moon that they had always associated with the princess this energy was different; this was the energy of a sailor senshi. Looking over to Ami, Rei knew that she felt the difference in the power too.

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"What do you mean that you found her laying unconscious outside?" Yaten screeched at Seiya after they had put the girl into Seiya's bed. "How do you just FIND an unconscious girl?" Yaten paced back and fourth whiling pulling on his hair.

"Where exactly did you find her?" Taiki looked over at Yaten with a small smirk on his face, Seiya was constantly doing outrageous things and upsetting Yaten but this was the most interesting of them. Looking back over at Seiya he could see that he wasn't in the least bit annoyed or worried about Yaten.

"I was in the Shopping district when I found her, she had our schools uniform on so I thought that it might be someone we knew but I've never seen her at school before."

"So you just thought it would be smart to bring her here! What if she's the enemy?" Yaten began to pace the room again mumbling.

"I'm farely certain that the girl Seiya brought home isn't with Galactica Company, so calm down Yaten." Taiki stated before he stood up, "I'm heading to bed now, we have a rather long day tomorrow by the looks of it," and with a pointed look at Seiya, "I'm sure you'll enjoy the couch tonight." Before entering his room and shutting the door. Seiya smiled after Taiki's back and was grateful to have him on his side this time, turning back to Yaten he gave a small smirk before going to gather some linen's to make his makeshift bed on the couch. Yaten just glared at Seiya's back before turning on his heel and stomping off to his own room and slamming the door shut.

During the night Seiya went to check on the little bunny to make sure that she was still there, he was worried that she would disappear. Sitting on the edge of his bed he watched her sleep, her skin was so clear it was as if he could see right through her but he was sure that it was just the light of the full moon shining through the window on her. He reached out and brushed a strand of hair from her face as he contemplated who she might be, he'd never seen her at school, Taiki and Yaten had both voiced the same thing. If she wasn't a student at their school then why was she wearing their uniform and what caused her to collapse? Sighing he shook his head and stood to go when he felt a small hand grasp his, turning around he was surprised to see her awake and staring at him, slowly he sat back down on the bed, and watched her.

"Don't go, please." With a look of fright her grasp turned tighter, "Please, the silence scares me..." and with that she fell back asleep holding his hand, what did she mean the silence scares her?

With a new look of wonder on his face Seiya was determined to discover who this girl was. When morning finally arrived Seiya found himself waking to the glares of two angry house mates, slightly confused he was about to ask them what they were doing in his room when he suddenly remembered the girl in his bed. Turning red he stammered as both young men dragged him out of the room and shut the door behind them.

"It's not what it looks like I swear!" backing up into a corner Seiya retold them about what had happened during the night, and promised not to go in their again until after she woke up.

"I don't understand why she would be afraid of a quite room; personally I wish there were more quite rooms it gets so loud sometimes." Rubbing his head Taiki continued to lounge back on the couch, they had been gone all day at school and then rehearsals for their upcoming concert and still the girl slept. The door to the room was open so that she would have the sound of the T.V. going while they were gone, and now so that they could watch her.

She was sleeping on her stomach and curled up in a ball, she seemed to be gaining more color with each hour that past and Taiki was certain that she would be up by tomorrow. Their main focus for the night was on locating the newest source of energy they had felt of Princess Kakyuu, they had felt her this morning for the first time in months but not since then. They were certain that she was within the city of Tokyo but that was as far as they could get.

All three sat in silence watching the news play out on the T.V. there had been an attack in the Juban district the day before were one person was found unconscious and upon awakening that day claimed that the Sailor Senshi had rescued them.

"Do you think that maybe she has something to do with that attack, it's completely likely that the enemy attacked her and left her brained of energy?" All three looked to the room she lay sleeping in after Yaten's statement, it was possible that she was an intended victim.

"I don't know, maybe she was but it doesn't seem right that she would still be this brained of energy her star seed would have recovered by now." Taiki had thought about it already and nothing about her seemed to give off any kind of energy that would draw in Galactica companies' minions. "I think she was just in the wrong place at the wrong time, there wasn't any information on her at the school, and there aren't any missing person's reports with her description." Scratching his head Taiki sighed and continued to lay back on the couch thinking. "She'll wake up soon, I can feel it." With that all three went to bed each one hoping that she would wake up, though for different reasons.

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