Sailor Moon Fanfiction:

Summary: Sailor Moon can't transform. It's up to others to find out why. Is it linked to the break up between Serena and Darien? Set before they get back together and after Rini discovers their identities as the Sailor Scouts and Tuxedo Mask. Also after the last battle with Rubeus. Before they go to the future with Rini.

Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon!

Author's Note: I admit that I show Rini in sweeter or a least in a nicer light here.

A Promise Fulfilled

Ch. 1: Power Shortage

"Darien, what are you saying?" a distraught Serena asked.

"Please, Serena. Stop asking. I just can't see you any more." A green jacket clad Darien replied, "I just don't feel the same way as before."

"Darieeeen!" Serena cried out.

The young woman jolted awake and sat up. Her eyes watered uncontrollably and she took a deep breath, sobbing gently. Her door slowly cracked open, and a pink haired girl peeked in, and her eyes welled up with tears at seeing Serena so sad. She didn't understand why she was sad, but somehow whenever Serena was distressed, Rini felt a pain in her heart. She knew however Serena would reject any comfort right now, and closed the door quietly, listening as Serena sniffled, and sobbed.

Darien, Rini thought, why did you hurt Serena this way?

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The mist fogged the time mirror. A staff bearing woman said, "Things are not going well for the Queen," and she stood over the spell mirror, incanting gently, and then said, "I am sorry, Sailor Moon, but until your heart is mended, your gift will not work. This will save you in the end, I hope."

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"Arggh! I'm gonna be late agaiiin!" Serena yelled running out the door, "Hurry, Rini," she called back to the trailing girl. Since the enemy had stepped up the attacks, Rini had been going to school with Serena. They told Ms. Haruna, Rini's school overseas was on vacation. Luckily, Rini was doing so well in school; she could miss a few days of class.

So far, the plan was working. The last three attacks on Rini had been on the way home and they had been successful at beating the enemy, with only minor injuries to each of them.

Rini sped up to catch up, and then saw Darien near the arcade. She slowed down and tripped, wailing. Serena stopped, whirled, and ran back to Rini. She knelt down and said, "Rini, are you okay?"

"Ow, I hurt my knee," Rini cried, thinking, There's Darien looking over here, and there he goes into the arcade. Good, "Do you have a band aid?"

"Here," Serena said, wrapping one and carefully placing it over the small scrape. She saw the time on the wristwatch Ami bought her for Christmas, and giving a yell in frustration and panic, picked up Rini like a football, ran the rest of the way. She ran through the front gates of the Middle School just as the bell rang.

She ran to the classroom and sat Rini in the extra desk the scouts had persuaded Ms. Haruna to place near Serena's desk. After getting settled herself, she passed Rini's coloring book, crayons, and several books to her.

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"Lita, I need to talk to you," Rini said, when Serena and Ami went to the bathroom.

"Sure kiddo," Lita said, handing her a napkin, and some chicken.

"Why is Darien treating Serena so meanly?" Rini asked, then bit into the chicken piece.

"Who the heck knows?" Lita said, "We only know that they broke up a few days after you came. Darien never said why, and Serena made Rei, Mina, Ami, and I promise not to interrogate him."

Rini got a gleam in her eye, she didn't make me promise. Serena and Ami rejoined them and they finished lunch.

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Lita and Ami joined Serena and Rini for the walk home and kept an eye out for Darien, distracting Serena with chatter all the while. They walked to the Shrine- choosing to avoid the arcade without saying anything. Rini jogged up the steps ahead of them, singing out, "Hi Rei!" She shrieked when she saw the bruised and burned priestess. Ami and Lita glanced at each then Serena. They ran up the steps and gasped. Serena glanced up, "Rei!" She ran to the still body of their friend. She felt for a pulse, "She alive!" Serena yelled, and Lita helped her pick up their passed out friend.

"I wonder what happened," Ami said, and she pulled her Mercury computer out of thin air. She started scanning, while the others went inside. She saw high read outs of negative energy and blinked in shock, exclaiming, "These are higher than usual!" She entered the main room of the shrine behind the others, and said, "I need to scan Rei." They ran the scanner from the tiny computer on the princess from Mars, "Well, other than being unconscious, she's fine."

"Rei, time to wake up and stop scaring your best friends," Lita said lightly, a little more scared that she was willing to admit to. She ran a wet cloth over Rei's face. Rei softly moaned and blinked her eyes as she took in her surroundings. Rei sat up, "Lita, Serena, Ami, protect Rini. It's a trap."

A gloom settled in the room as Emerald shimmered into view with her knew droid, Cruiser. The girls gasped and scrambled for cover, and Serena shoved Rini behind her, trying to get her to go under Rei's bed.

"Ready girls?" Serena asked, her broach appeared in her hand.

"Ready!" Rei, Ami, and Lita answered all at once, with a fourth voice chiming in from the door. When they heard the voice by the door, they glanced up to see Mina. Each held up their transformation stick and shouted out a phrase.

"Mercury Star!" Ami shouted.

"Mars Star!" Rei yelled.

"Venus Star!" Mina shouted.

"Jupiter Star!" Lita cried out.

"Power!" all four shouted. Bright colors shot out of their pens and wrapped around the respective scouts- blue, red, orange and green around Ami, Rei, Mina, and Lita. After the light show, each of the four were dressed as warrior women, each of their eyes blazing with the light of battle, "Hurry Serena,"

"Right," the blonde said, holding up her broach, "MOON CRYSTAL POWER!" blue and pink light shuddered out of the white jewel, and then stagnated. "Oh, no! Let me try again. MOON CRYSTAL POWER!" the pink and blue light once more beamed out a shot of power, and then languished.

Emerald and her droid cackled evilly, the sound reverberating throughout the building.

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Author's Note: Oh I could just kill myself. I was going to work on my essay for my Topics in Literature class, and instead, this idea popped into my head. Now I really have to work on my essay. It's due in less than 10 hours. Cross your fingers for me, guys!