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Chapter One

Seleine P.O.V.

Looking up at the moon, I remember. I remember the life I once had on the Moon Kingdom. Half of my life I lived in a little tower. Queen Serenity ruled with grace and kindness to her people, the ones who deserved it anyway.

You all know Queen Serenity had a daughter; what you don't know, is that she had two. The Light of Hope and the Heart of Darkness. My name is Seleine; I am the Heart of Darkness. Not very many people knew about me. I was always cast into the shadows when it came to Serenity. I didn't mind much, I hated doing the prissy princess things.

I'm very different from Serenity. She had long blonde hair that went to her heels, while I had fiery red hair that went to the back of my knees. We shared the same royal blue eyes and pale skin, but other than that we were complete opposites. I was a few inches taller and was better built for battle. That was my destiny at first, to protect the little princess.

When the people on the moon kingdom found out what my real destiny was, I became heavily guarded. Serenity and I got into a fight one night and I ended up hurting my sister. Our mother couldn't stand the fact I would be Serenity's fate. She tried to have me killed, but Serenity would not allow it. Instead, she had me banished. Later, Queen Beryl found me and forced me to be on the side of the Dark Moon. That's how we got here, in the new millennium. It was beginning to be the time for Serenity to take her true place as Queen Serenity.

"Usagi! We are going to be late!" Minako screamed from a short distance. She watched as her petite friend walked slowly around the corner. "If we are late again, we are going to have to serve another detention today!"

Usagi groaned at the thought of serving another detention. "If I'm late again, my mom will ground me and won't let me go to Seiya's concert on Friday! Oh, Seiya's gonna kill me!" Usagi whined picking up the pace. The school was just a few blocks away, but I could tell they were going to be late.

I remember when they first found out their friend was a Starlight; the leader of the Starlight's to be exact. Seiya was Sailor Star Fighter in disguise. I could hardly contain my laughter at the sight of the shocked look on their faces! I really couldn't contain my laughter for long, so I had to teleport out of the airplane immediately. The sweet love interests finally figured out who they were to each other really.

Deciding that the conversation they were having been of no interest to me, I decided it was best to just go home. As I headed back to the little duplex I lived in, I saw Sailor Neptune flung out of a department store window. She fell against a wall and dropped to the ground with a loud thud. The glass shattered around her body creating a glowing halo.

I frantically searched my vicinity hoping to see Sailor Uranus or Pluto coming after her but was graced with no such luck. I didn't want to reveal my cover, but I knew if I didn't move fast all hell would break loose. I looked over to Sailor Neptune and saw that there was no way she would get up anytime soon. I feared that if I did not do something now, she would surely die.

As soon as I transformed, I saw an orange light explode from the building. Sailor Uranus was then also ejected from the building. She tried to get up when the youma stalked out of the store and headed toward her. I was annoyed at the fact I was going to have to save their asses after all this time from being so careful. 'Foolish girls, trying to battle this thing on your own,' I thought.

I felt my sais appear in my hands preparing for battle. I looked at the red youma and knew there was no humanity in it. Those eyes just screamed evil and begged to be taken care of. The youma was raising its claw to strike at the defenseless Uranus. I threw my sai, and it went straight into its hand. He was now held in place against a wall. I heard it howl out loud in pain from the attack. I felt triumphant when they turned their gaze to me. Uranus's jaw was ajar and gave me complete satisfaction.

Her look of happiness soon vanished as she saw I was not who she had hoped. I remembered the way she used to look at me back on the Moon Kingdom. I hid my hurt when I turned back to the youma.

"Now, now can't we play nice big red?" I questioned the horrifying youma.

Instead of giving me a reply, it took my sai and threw it at my head. I caught it mid-air before it could connect with my delicate face. "Now that wasn't nice," I remarked with an evil grin.

I jumped to land in front of Uranus in a defensive stance. I felt Uranus tense at the sight of me being either really brave or stupid for charging at the youma as I did. The youma was faster than any other I have battled before, but I was still much faster. I struck at the youma with my sai and landed five feet from where it once stood. I kneeled allowing the dust to cloud my silvered suit.

I got up and strolled over to the awed Uranus. I noticed her arm was badly cut and was going to need stitches. I tore part of my suit to know that it would just grow back. I had tried to examine her cut before I bandaged it, but knowing Uranus, she wouldn't let me near her wounds. I moved in closer to her and grabbed a hold of her wounded arm. She winced in pain as I bandaged her wounds. I bandaged it rather gracefully to just receive a hateful expression.

I noticed there was a large gash on her stomach. I smirked knowing that she would not like it if I tried to clean it out. I started to lift her shirt up, but her hand swatted me away. I sighed knowing this was going to be yet another battle. I pinned both of her arms with one of mine while holding her legs down with my legs. I rolled her shirt up just enough, so I could look at her wound. I saw that there was poison in her from the youma. I groaned as I knew this would be disgusting. She struggled a lot and calmed down when I pushed down harder. I looked in her eyes warning her of the pain.

I bent my head down and touched my lips to her cut and began sucking the poison out. The poison was burning my tongue and the inside of my mouth. She moaned out loud at my actions. I spit out the poison in disgust. I looked at the swelling cut and licked it closed. Her healing abilities would take forever to heal properly.

I got up and walked away from the panting Uranus. I sauntered over to the passed out Neptune and looked at her for wounds. I saw no fatal damage at a glance and I knew I wasn't going to get close enough to thoroughly look, but I had to try.

"Don't touch her!" Uranus hissed. She was trying her best to get up but just couldn't manage it.

I didn't bother listening to her. She was just worried about her lover's well-being. I can't blame her for that. I hadn't noticed that she actually had gotten up when she did; I was too busy checking for wounds on Neptune. I noticed the shadow hovering over me. I turned around catching her fist plunging into my stomach. She looked at me with a shell-shocked look on her face and started falling over again.

I caught her just before she had hit the ground. I dragged her over to where Neptune's body was lying sleepily. She looked at her lover and winced as if she was being stabbed with a burning blade. I walked over to Neptune's sleeping body and began to search for wounds. I saw in my peripheral vision Uranus was trying to get up again. I put my hand on her shoulder pushing her back down. She looked at me with a menacing glare that made me retreat my hand with a sigh.

"Uranus quit trying to get up. There isn't anything you can do for her right now, not like that anyway. If you keep trying to get up, you are just going to make your wounds worse. I'm not going to hurt her. I won't tell you again, stay down or I will break your damn leg," I threatened. At first, she gave me a surprised look that turned into pure anger.

Ten minutes later I came back with a first aid kit from a department store and bandaged up the few wounds on Neptune that I could. I turned toward Uranus with a cocky grin on my face and said,"I've called the police, and they will be here in about five minutes. It was a gang that came and beat you girls up. If I were you, I would de-transform, Haruka."Her head shot up and just looked at me surprised.

"H-How do you know who I am?" She interrogated.

Chuckling I said,"Time will tell my friend, time will tell." I then stalked off into the shadows as the police showed up. I turned back to see Haruka clutching a wounded Michiru.

Haruka P.O.V.

"What?" They all screeched.

I sighed and put my head in my hands. They all started blabbering about how Michiru and I got attacked last night. I hadn't had the chance to tell them that we were saved by another unknown warrior. The way she just swooped in and saved us last night was incredible. I've never seen anything like it before. How did she know who I was?

"Michiru and I were saved by another sailor senshi. At least I think she was a sailor senshi. I don't know who she is, but she sure knew who I was. She killed the youma too. The way she flew through the air made it seem like she was an expert," I explained.

"And you have no idea who she was?" Asked Rei. Her eyes squinted like she was interrogating a criminal.

"No. She seemed familiar, though," I scoffed. I rolled my eyes at the way she was questioning me.

I looked over to Usagi and saw worry in her eyes. I knew this was a shock to her more than anyone else. After the battle with Galaxia, she believed that all the evil was gone and there was nothing left to worry about, but I knew better. I knew there would always be some evil in the world coming after her. I hated the fact we worried her so much.

"Is chaos back?" Minako asked. The worried look on her face proved how scared she really was. I know they all wanted to believe that the evil in this world was gone, but I'm not going to lie to them, not after all we have been through. They wanted to believe it was gone, but they already knew the answer.

"I'm afraid, it never left," was all I could say. I was too worried about Michiru to even think straight. She had a concussion and a broken ankle. The push against the wall cracked some of her ribs, but the doctor said she would heal in no time. I was fine, I'm going to have a scar on my arm, but my stomach is completely healed. How did she do that? I remember she sucked out the poison from the gash and the amazing feeling it came with. She looked at Michiru and then left. I don't understand, why would she help us?

I find it rather ironic that the strongest of us all was blubbering like a baby. She was scared for Michiru and everyone else, because of the youma that lurked the peaceful earth. She was the one that saved us from the big bad and is scared again. I lightly smiled knowing that some things will never change.

I glanced over at Setsuna who was studying my face intently. I know she has seen something from the future, but she won't tell anyone, not even Hotaru. Hotaru always had the ability of 'knowing' things, sometimes even before Setsuna knew. I wish they would trust me with the information they did know. I looked away with a slight flush to my cheeks.

"She will be back. Then we will have the interrogation. Be careful, if you ever see her. She is very powerful. She may not be a threat to us, but Usagi's safety is always our number one priority," I stated calmly even though I was shaken inside.

Noticing our princess tense, I decided it was best for me to take my leave. I turned to walk out of the room and walked down the seemingly endless hallway. I was just walking out of the temple when my sleeve happened to get caught on something. Turning to yank it off, I noticed Setsuna hanging on tightly. She squared her shoulders and looked me in the eyes.

"What aren't you planning on telling the princess?" She asked with quizzical eyes.

I tore my gaze away from the Keeper of Time. "This warrior, she reminded me a lot of our princess," I stated firmly. Noticing her startled look, I added, "In her face. They have the same haunting blue eyes, high cheekbones, and curved lips. But this warrior's eyes showed that she enjoyed the kill."

"So, you've looked at Usagi's lips?" She questioned with a knowing grin.

I turned away with the slightest blush on my cheeks. I seemed to remember the time when I was slightly infatuated with the quirky girl. It was such a long time ago; thank god Michiru never seemed to notice. But this woman was different.

I turned back to my friend and saw a concerned look on her face. "It was rather strange. I couldn't help but get lost in those beautiful eyes of hers. She is strong too. She took that youma out with a mere flick of her wrist," I recalled dreamily.

Setsuna sighed deeply. I looked at her noticing she was deep in thought. I waited patiently until I could not take the silence anymore. The suspense was just overwhelming. Just as I was about to speak, she locked gazes with me and was about to speak when we heard another voice.

"I felt an evil vibe hurtling itself toward the Earth earlier." We turned to see Rei walking toward us. "And if what you say is true, the princess must be careful." She stated flatly. I nodded my head and regarded the mysterious siren's strength in battle.