A/N: Thank you for the sudden spike in reviews! Please keep telling me how I did...

For the GUEST review: I'll be trying to keep updating this every few days. I have been a little busy yesterday and today because I'm making a costume for the upcoming Taylor Swift concert here next week, so that's why I haven't written. However, I have everything already laid out in my head, so I know I need to end this and not keep it "in progress" forever. Thanks for wanting to read this! I'll try to post at least twice a week from now on...if not more.


Chapter 3: The Future

"Sailor Iron Mouse?!"

All four girls echoed Usagi's stale voice in shock of the small girl standing in front of them. The last time they had seen this Senshi, she was trying to steal star seeds for Galaxia. The only way they liked Iron Mouse was out of their galaxy, and back where she belonged.

Standing up straight and brushing the front of her Senshi outfit down and knocking the dust from the alley back onto the ground, Sailor Iron Mouse tilted her head and smiled at the five girls standing in front of her. The smile was warm; it was far from what it was the last time they had met. But no one knew if Iron Mouse was any more trustworthy than she had been with Galaxia, so the five girls all stood their distance from her.

"Who do you think you are, showing up here like you're welcome?!" Immediately, Makoto took a stance with her fist held high in the air. The four others stood their ground behind her, ready to transform if necessary. Makoto clenched her teeth and waited for a response from Iron Mouse. All she got, though, was a confused look from the girl, and maybe a few tears coming along with it.

Bowing her head and staring at her feet, Iron Mouse squeaked out her answer. "You can call me Chuuko Nezu," she said as her uniform began to morph back into her black blazer and skirt that she wore most days. "Or Nezu -chan for short, if you'd like."

Gasps came from the girls as Iron Mouse, or Nezu-chan, as they now knew her, transformed into her everyday self right in front of them.

"Is this some sort of trick?" Rei cried out, disgusted that Nezu let herself change right in front of them.

None of the girls stood down, but none of them went at Nezu either. Hostility was high in the air, and no one wanted to make a move that would end in an unwanted situation.

"No trick," Nezu answered, her voice calm and light. She looked up, a renewed, fierce look in her eyes. She was determined to say what she had come to say. "I wanted to thank you, Sailor Senshi of this galaxy," she began, looking each girl in the eyes before moving on to her next sentence. "When Usagi let the cauldron send us all back, I was reborn into this world again on my planet, Chuu."

"But you killed Sailor Chuu for her star seed!" Minako gasped, not believing anything she said.

Makoto was next to yell at the girl, knowing what she said had to be a lie. "You were never a true Sailor Senshi!"

Closing her eyes again, Nezu took in a deep breath and prepared her speech for the girls. This moment was her only chance at not having enemies, and she had to make it count. She had prepared this speech for weeks, knowing she was coming to the Earth to meet the Senshi again.

"I wasn't from Galaxia's time," Nezu-chan started in a strong, confident voice. She looked up, her eyes leveling with Usagi's, in particular. Their gaze met, and Usagi felt a small shock run through her body. She wasn't sure what caused this feeling, but she knew Nezu's words were mainly for her, and not all of the Senshi.

Going on, Nezu began to explain who she really was. "Princess Serenity, perhaps you remember me as Princess Chuu, Small Lady's friend." Bowing as she address Usagi, Nezu let a little grin escape the corners of her mouth as she revealed the truth to the girls. The ferocious switch of gazes from Nezu to Usagi by the rest let them both know that no one else remembered this.

Eyes softening, Usagi tilted her head to the side and let a soft smile show; it was times like these when Mamoru swore she looked like the future Neo Queen Serenity. How her whole aura melted into a calming pool of soft waves sometimes took him off guard.

"Princess Chuu," Usagi repeated quietly. "I remember."

At this point, none of the girls could tell if they were witnessing Usagi or Serenity in front of them; this happened a lot, and made everyone uneasy. Now, not knowing whether Nezu was a friend or a foe, they simply watched the two talk about their future.

"Yes," Nezu answered. "That is who I am in the future, where I am from."

"You're from the future?!" Today, Makoto was taking everything as if it hit her right in the stomach and left her gulping for air. The girls were all shocked, but they weren't sure whether to be shocked at what Nezu-chan had just said, or the fact that Usagi-chan wasn't finding this strange at all.

Ignoring Makoto, Nezu continued. "Serenity...Usagi-chan...I am Sailor Chuu's daughter, the secondary guard of the planet Chuu." When her curtsy of introduction left everyone quite, she decided to go deeper into her explanation to gain their trust. "You see, Galaxia recruited me from the future to help her solve her galaxy's problems, as they were good friends to our galaxy. However, she used me for her own plan and once I was under her control, I, acting as myself, no longer existed. When I was reborn, thanks to you, Sailor Moon, I finally gained my ability to transform into a Senshi of my planet. My real powers have finally surfaced."

The hostility was wearing away now, and Makoto finally lowered her fist. As she did this, Minako, Ami, and Rei also let down their guards and listened, as if Makoto had given them some kind of sign to break their stance. Rei seemed to continue focusing all of her energy on detecting a threat from Nezu using her spiritual skills, but none of the others could read what she was receiving as feedback.

"Then why would you come back here, to Earth?" Ami finally spoke up in this argument, using her brain to muster up the question that no one wanted to ask.

"My planet in the future is under attack from Sailor Chaos," Nezu said quietly and sadly, apparently thinking about the destruction she left behind to come find these girls. "She has destroyed most of our galaxy, as far as we know. It could be more, but our sensors are so off due to the damage of her storms that have been coming through. This galaxy remained strong, though, so we went to the Moon. I asked Small Lady for help, since she now has her protectors. Neo Queen Serenity didn't agree, and sent me here, to find you, the Prince, and the White Stone of Elysion. The White Stone is said to hold the power of the whole galaxy, which combined with the other galaxy's Senshi, could be our only chance at destroying Sailor Chaos."

Only silence ensued as Nezu finished her story of the future. When someone finally spoke up, it wasn't even to ask about anything regarding the Earth, but only that of the future. Then, at once, everyone spoke, as if their questions had hit them all together and not separately, one at a time, when Nezu could easily answer them.

"Sailor Chaos?!" Makoto yelped, not believing her ears.

"But she was destroyed!" Ami added, agreeing with Makoto's clear confusion.

Nezu nodded. "Yes, but like us, both Chaos and Sailor Cosmos were reborn into their own worlds."

No, Usagi thought. Chaos can't exist; Sailor Cosmos knew she had to kill her!

"Chibiusa's protectors?" Minako asked next, double checking to make sure they all had the same people in their heads. The last time they had seen Sailor Chibi Moon, she had come to help Eternal Sailor Moon defeat Galaxia with the Sailor Quartet, also known as the Amazoness Quartet to the Senshi before finding their true identity.

"Yes," Nezu replied, nodding to authenticate what Minako had just implied. "The Sailor Quartet; your daughters."