Serena Hades, formerly Serena Tsukino, the Tsuki no Hime, Sailor Moon, sighs as she looks at her home in Las Vegas, Nevada. She had decided to breed dogs for a living, had gotten an athletic scholarship, majored in animal science and animal husbandry, and graduated top of her class, she had then relocated from Japan to the states, having used the silver crystal to change her looks and name. She'd taken on the last name she had in honor of Sailor Saturn, Hotaru Tomoe. She was starting to make a name for herself as a breeder. She bred Norwegian Lundehunds, Black, Chocolate, and Yellow Labrador Retrievers, Wire Coated Dachshunds, Irish Setters, and Dalmatians.

She had started out with the Retrievers, black at first, and once she got more money she invested in chocolate labs and moved on to yellow. It cost a lot of money to get them registered, to get all of their shots, but she had done it. She had worked hard with the labs, invested wisely in her animals and her supplies, she had minored in business and accounting, so she could manage her own books, and had hired some local kids to play with and walk her puppies to socialize them. The kids worked for less and truly enjoyed playing with the puppies, especially those who couldn't have pets of their own. Even the parents were grateful to her and some of them would volunteer to walk her older dogs.

She was exceedingly grateful for all of her volunteers as well, she would also go to the shelters and see if there were any pedigreed puppies she could adopt, that was how she had gotten her wire haired dachshunds actually, and they hadn't been related either, she bought them and the papers. She'd had to buy her Lundehunds though, and she was immensely grateful for doing so. Her stock female Dalmatian had actually been a gift from a fellow breeder when the pup had taken an immense liking to her. She had also trained all of them, though her children helpers taught the basics, sit, stay, shake, roll over. She just built on that foundation.

Of course, she now had a trainer as an employee, fresh from college. He had boundless energy and worked hard with the puppies once the kids were done with the basic commands. He worked with each breed on a schedule. He always showed up to work at seven am, as he had learned his boss didn't start her day until eight. He would work with the older puppies that the kids didn't train and play with until she woke up, then they would both feed the animals with help from some of the parents. She had the vet come out every week like clockwork to check on all of her stock.

She had a few that she wouldn't sell for anything. Today she had hired another trainer and groomer on a trial basis, both fresh from school, as she knew that a lot of kids weren't given a chance. She hadn't decided if she would show any of her dogs or not, though some of her pups had gone on to become show winners, others were quite happy as pets, though before she allowed them to leave she had the owners trained as well. If they would agree to learn how to keep control of their new pet then she would sell the pup to them, she also did background checks on all of her clients, just to make sure her pups would be going to a good home, and every single one of her pups was blessed by the silver crystal to protect them from violence.

So she was quite shocked when two people from the crime lab came up to her as she was working with her Irish Setter eight month old pups at the moment. Serena now had brown hair and brown eyes, " May I help you two? "

" I'm CSI Stokes and this is CSI Sanders, one of your puppies was found at one of our crime scenes. Her tags said her name is Mikina. "

Serena turns her attention to the dark haired CSI, " Dalmatian pup, just left me two days ago, is she all right? "

" Yes, she is, we found her papers and the name of her vet. We sent one of our own with her to said vet where we're collecting evidence and getting her checked out as well. How long did you know the Takedas? " CSI Stokes asks her.

" Three weeks, they went through my training course for new pet owners, as I do not allow anyone to purchase one of my pups without doing so. " Serena replies.

" Mikina will need a place to stay. " CSI Sanders says.

" She'll be safe enough here. I have a few of my older Dalmatians and Labs trained as guard dogs. My trainer held them off of you, plus, we only let them out at night. When she's done being processed and given a clean bill of health send her here. " Serena states firmly. Whoever did this was going to find out that she would not allow anyone to be a threat to her pups.

" Understood, now Ms. Hades, did you notice anything out of the ordinary when the Takedas were here? " CSI Stokes asks her.

Serena almost rolled her eyes at that one, she had been Sailor Moon, if anyone would notice anything out of the ordinary it would be her. Instead she looks straight at CSI Stokes, " No, I have not noticed anything unusual when the Takedas were here and believe me, I would have noticed and warned them. "

" Is that so, Ms. Hades? " CSI Sanders asks her.

" Yes, that's so. I grew up in Japan when all that craziness was going down, so believe me when I say that I would notice and then do something about it. " Serena retorts.

One of her Irish Setter pups, a male, walks over to her and rubs against her leg. Serena smiles and bends down to pick him up, " Well, Rekka, it looks like you'll be staying with me. "

" Rekka? " CSI Stokes asks.

" Rekka means flame, and he reminds me of someone I knew when I was younger. " Serena replies.

She watches them leave and Serena sighs, heading into the house with Rekka, her eyes filled with pain. Last she had checked, he still hadn't woken up, though his brain activity had increased, and he did respond to outside stimuli. It killed her that he had shoved her out of the way of her homicidal ex. Only one of his friends knew how to get in contact with her and made sure there was never any way to connect to her. Her ex still hadn't been dealt with, though certain friends of her human Rekka made sure he was constantly protected.

She starts preparing an area for Mikina to stay in, that way she could work with her and try to get her resocialized, though the chances of Mikina finding another family was slim, so Mikina would just have to stay with her. She wouldn't have a problem with that in the least. Serena.

Sage, is there any change?

He's awake and corroborating your story about what happened. He's also asking for you.

I understand, keep him safe until we can finally nail Darien's ass to the wall. Once that's done tell him to become a vet like he's always wanted, I'll have a job waiting for him once that's done.

I'll do that, though he still will want to talk to you.

He will, Blondie.

Serena ends that conversation and reaches out along a connection that she hadn't used in so long. She had always known that he would wake up though, that was just who he was, he was a fighter, a warrior and he never gave up. Hey, welcome back, flame-boy.

Why aren't you here, Rena?

I had to leave, Japan was no longer safe for me. I'm not going to tell you where I am, not until Darien is no longer an issue. I can't have him finding me, as that would be catastrophic.

I guess I can understand that. Are you safe?

I am, and I'm a lot happier now that you decided to rejoin the land of the waking. Do you know what watching that did to me?

I couldn't let you get hurt, not when I could do something to prevent it, especially when it was that damnable rose throwing fool whom was trying to run you down.

You idiot, Rekka no Ryo.

Hey, I happen to love you, Rena.

Serena smiles at this, it had been so long since she had last heard that from him. She couldn't wait until she could see him again, Aishiteru, Ryo, but right now I have work to do, we'll talk later, Rekka no Ryo no baka.

Aishiteru, my Tsuki no Hime.

Serena smiles as she works with Rekka, she would train him to be a therapy dog, and have him visit children in the hospital and orphanages. She'd have to train a few others as therapy dogs as well. Some of her Labs had gone on to become rescue dogs, others cadaver dogs, and still others as drug dogs. Some of her dogs went on to become assisted living animals as well. She kept meticulous records of all of her pups, and some were even brought back to see her.

She loved how she had found a job that she loved, if a certain priestess could only see her now. She was thriving in this environment, without destiny always looming over her. She just hoped to hell Darien didn't find her, though all of her guard dogs were immune to all forms of physical and magical attacks, as well as weapons and poison, Darien would be hard pressed to get at her through her dogs. Plus, her dogs would warn her and she would be able to transform and call for the Outers before he could get to her, all in all she was set.

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