A/N: Hello again, once again I am sorry for the delay. The rewrite took longer than I thought, and I became addicted to CSI: Miami for a while -_-. Oh well, that's in the past. Here it is, the fourth installment of a A New Threat, and this one has more drama, and even more secrets, so I hope you enjoy it! Reviews are appreciated, like always!


A New Threat/Chapter Four/Fight

Lita's Apartment

"Great, so as soon as we have some kind of peace in this crazy life of ours, another bad guy has to show up!" Mina cried as she stood up. "Haven't we done enough to protect the Earth?"

"Mina, calm down." Amy said soothingly from her place on the couch. "We're Sailor Scouts, and this is what we do."

"Put our lives on hold just so that we can fight another day?" Mina argued. "My acting career is finally taking off, and now I have to give it up just to fight another person who believes that Earth is their own personal playground?"

"No," Serena stated as she stood up and placed her hands on her friends' shoulders. "You go and follow your new career, the rest of the scouts and I can fight."

"So now you want me to just abandon you guys, is that it?" Mina argued again, stepping away from Serena.

"Mina, what do you want? First you want to act, and then you say you want to stay and fight! You can't have it both ways!" Amara growled. Mina looked about ready to cry, and rights then Andrew choose that moment to walk through the door.

"I'm home." Andrew announced, freezing at the sight of an upset Mina in the middle of his crowded living room.

"Welcome back honey," Lita said as she came up to her husband, little Akino still on her hip. "I'm sorry, but could you take Akino and go back to the bedroom for a while while we finish talking?"

"Sure, but what is this about?" Andrew inquired taking his daughter.

"How much should our Sailor lives interrupt our personal lives."

"Oh, well, do you really have to choose? I mean you guys seemed to be handling everything fine when you were fighting and going to school."

"That was different Andrew!" Mina exclaimed as she rounded on the male. "Back then school was only a fraction of our time! Careers and jobs are different! They take up a whole lot more time, and there is no 'scheduling a fight' with them!"

"Well why not?" Andrew argued back, suddenly in this middle of the argument. "Don't the bad guys usually attack at night anyway? Besides, do you really think you could just stop being a Sailor Scout? You were a Sailor Scout before you were even Mina!"

"Well I'm Mina now, and we're talking about the present!"

"But you were the first Sailor Scout! You were Sailor V in London long before Luna ever found Serena! You were the first one to answer the call! Can you just deny the call in your blood?" Andrew was getting red in the face. "Will your Venus blood really let you just walk away?"

"No, it won't." Mina seemed to deflate as her gaze returned to the floor, before suddenly rising up again. "Wait, my Venus blood?"

"Yeah, isn't your real name Etaliel?" Andrew asked, the redness disappearing only to be replaced with inquisition.

"How, how did you know that?" Mina asked stunned. "No one knows that name, not even the Scouts." Andrew was at a loss for what to say.

"Oh, I just heard it, mentioned, around," Andrew started inching his way towards the back bedroom, holding Akino out in front of him a little more. Lita looked ready to bring him back, but Serena stopped her.

"No, not yet Lita."

"Not yet, what are you talking about Serena?" Lita questioned.

"There are some things you, and the other Scouts, aren't ready to know yet."

"What are you talking about Serena? What's going on?" Rei questioned, suddenly changing to a standing position as well. The other scouts seemed to share her sentiments. Only Setsuna didn't seem perturbed.

"Quiet everyone! Serena only means that there are some things one must remember on their own, and not have it told to them." The Keeper of Time explained. "She only keeps what all of you know but haven't remembered yet a secret."

"Then how does Andrew know my true name?" Mina asked, stumping even Setsuna with that one.

"That's another part of your past that will come back to you." Darien suddenly said from the doorway, causing some of the more jumpy scouts, Serena and Mina, to jump in surprise.

"Darien!" Serena cried, running into her husband of a year's arms. "Do you always have to make such an entrance?"

"It's just part of who I am Serena." Darien replied with a small laugh. "Now, do my eyes deceive me, or are you glowing?" Serena had the decency to blush.

"Yes,"

"Are you going to tell me why?"

"Let's just say that my mother meddled again." Serena explained with an eye roll.

"What does that mean?"

"It means that your mother-in-law from the moon worked some moon mojo and brought Rini back to life." Rei stated, causing Darien to blanche a little.

"What? What do you mean brought Rini back to life?" Darien asked, shocked.

"It means, my sweet Darien, that I'm pregnant again." Serena answered with a grin. Darien's face slowly changed into a huge grin before he picked up his wife with a holler and spun her around the room. The angry and confused faces on the scouts slowly turned into smiles of happiness as they watched the young couple.

"Well, not like this hasn't been fun or anything, but can we go now?" Hotaru suddenly asked from her spot sitting cross-legged on the floor in the corner.

"Go where Hotaru?" Michelle asked, causing Hotaru to give her a disbelieving stare.

"Don't you remember Michelle? You guys promised to take me to see the new Twilight movie!" Hotaru whined.

"Oh, that." Amara stated as realization hit her. "We'd hoped you'd forgotten about that." The cross-dressing scout murmured under her breath, not that it stopped everyone in the room from hearing it. Hotaru's face screwed up in anguish, and tears began to gather in her eyes.

"But you promised that we'd go see it!" Hotaru cried as the tears started to fall from her eyes. Serena quickly rushed over and engulfed the teenage girl in her arms.

"Oh don't cry Hotaru, Amara just can't understand the awesomeness that is Twilight. If you want, I can take you to see it." Serena offered.

"Really?" Hotaru suddenly stopped crying as her face became hopeful. Serena nodded and the girl shrieked, running to grab her coat. Serena smiled and looked up at Setsuna.

"I hope you guys don't mind."

"Don't worry, to tell you the truth, none of us really wanted to go see it anyway. Just call us when the movies done and we'll come pick you up." Setsuna answered with a gratifying smile. Reaching into her purse she pulled out a handful of bills, handing them to Serena. "Here, this should pay for your tickets and any snacks the two of might want." Serena quickly pocketed money, thanked Setsuna, said good-bye to everyone, stole Darien's cell phone, and left.

The room was quiet for a moment as all the Scouts processed everything that had happened in a few short minutes. It was Mina who finally broke the silence.

"So do you think Serena is an Edward or Jacob fan?"


A/N: Who do you think Serena roots for? Don't be afraid to give your opinion, they might end up deciding part of the story...

Anyway, I hope you've enjoyed this chapter! Till next time!