((Author's note: And here's the sixth chapter! Finally! It took me a bit longer then I would have liked, but here it is! I hope you like it as much as I enjoyed loved it. I really want to thank you for taking the time to read and enjoy this story. It means a lot to me. :D ))

"Tuxedo... Mask?"

"Daddy!" ChibiUsa exclaimed.

"Daddy?" Usagi gasped. ChibiUsa cried and tried to run to him, into his arms, but she just… went right through him, leaving everyone shocked more than they already were.

"She went right through him!" Minako muttered.

"Daddy, why can't I hug you?" ChibiUsa asked. He turned to her and smiled a little.

"I am relieved you made it home safe and sound. Traveling back in time to the past was very dangerous, however, you were right to go. I'm proud of you." He told her. ChibiUsa felt tears threatening to fall.

"Daddy…" She muttered. He turned towards Usagi, Mamoru, Minako, Luna, and Artemis, pushing his cape away and holding his cane in the air.

"Welcome! To the magnificent Crystal Palace! And Crystal Tokyo in the Thirtieth Century!" He paused. "I had no idea you would be thrust into battle the moment you arrived. This is not the kind of future I wanted any of you to see." Usagi turned to crystal wall next to her and gasped at what she saw, or more like, what she DIDN'T see.

What's going on? He doesn't have a reflection! Usagi thought as she turned back to the Mamoru of the future.

"As you can see, I am not presently a man of flesh and blood. My physical body is in another room, lying unconscious. What you see is an astral projection. My spirit apart from my earthly body." He explained.

"Who are you?" Mamoru asked.

"Haven't you figured it out?" He paused, thinking that this was completely and totally obvious. "I am King Endymion." They gasped again. This was becoming a common occurrence apparently. But then again, all of this was rather surprising to them.

"King Endymion?" Mamoru repeated.

"You seem a bit more surprised than I thought you'd be. Yes. I am your future self, Tuxedo Mask." They stared at each other for a moment before Endymion turned to his daughter. "Now, Small Lady… Time for you to properly introduce yourself." ChibiUsa looked a little uncomfortable, but she took in a deep breath.

"Honored guests! Welcome to our esteemed kingdom!" She said and curtseed to them. "I am Usagi Small Lady Serenity, daughter of Neo Queen Serenity and King Endymion, Crown Princess and heir of Silver Millennium. It is my pleasure to make your acquaintance."

"Oh-kay." Usagi said. She wasn't quite sure how she felt about this.

"Well done, Small Lady. A very cordial and respectful greeting. One day you will be every bit as refined and elegant as the queen." Endymion praised.

"Small Lady?" Another voice said. ChibiUsa turned to the grey kitten. "The king was worried about you. He watched over you the whole time you were in the past. Not to mention Blaze's help."

"Really Diana?" She picked up the kitten and looked around. Where was Blaze anyway?

"I saw the way she was behaving. Please pardon her rudeness. As an only child, our daughter has been rather spoiled." Endymion explained.

"Did you say… our daughter..?" Usagi asked.

"Sailor Moon, Tuxedo Mask… This is your future daughter." Their eyes widened and they gasped.

"What!" She exclaimed. "ChibiUsa is my daughter? Mamo and I… are her parents! I can't! I don't even! Huh!"

"How?" Minako began and looked at the two of them. All three of them had bright red faces. "That means… The Neo Queen Serenity in the future is... " She then grabbed Usagi and Mamoru by the ears. "WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN?"

"Ow! Venus!" Usagi cried. "Let go!"

"Venus, please, let go of our ears!" Mamoru asked her.

"Yes. She is the future version of Sailor Moon." Endymion confirmed, quite amused by Minako's reaction while also being unsurprised by it. Minako let go of their ears.

"Queen? Me?" Usagi asked as she looked at the woman encased in the Crystal, her surprise blocking the pain from her ear. "So this is who I'll become in the Thirtieth Century?"

"It looks like the Silver Crystal has expanded around her body. But that only happens when she's in grave danger." Luna observed. She turned to the king. "King Endymion, what occured to make the Crystal do this?"

"I cannot tell you. I do not know." He answered and looked at his wife. "The queen rarely leaves the palace, but for some reason, on that day, she did. She looked flustered and ran out, as if in a panic." ChibiUsa looked down. She knew why, but she didn't say anything.

"Without warning, there was a massive explosion. In an instant, everything was blown away. The only building that remained standing was the Crystal Palace. When it was all over, there was no sound, but the silence of death. The next moment we were attacked. The Silver Crystal immediately engulfed the queen's body. As you suggest, it appeared to be protecting her. But I, and the six Guardian Goddesses were not so fortunate. Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Venus, I, and two others, we took the full force of the blast... And we fell. I know not how or why, but Small Lady, Diana, and Sailor Blaze himself alone, were spared." King Endymion explained. Minako frowned.

Sailor Blaze? Who is that? Why does that name sound familiar to me? And a male Guardian? As far as I know all us Guardians are girls. Minako thought, folding her arms over her chest.

"Since she was a baby, I have often told my daughter stories of my youth, about the queen's heroism and exploits as Sailor Moon. She has heard the legend of the invincible, greatest Sailor Guardian, countless times. Therefore, I am not surprised her first instinct was to go to the past and seek out your help once disaster hit." Endymion continued. "Diana, on the other hand, could not bare to be separated from Luna and Artemis. So she remained behind." Diana jumped out of ChibiUsa's arms and rubbed against her legs.

"So nice to meet you all. My name is Diana. I'm the daughter of Luna and Artemis." She bowed her head respectfully.

"What?" Minako, Usagi, and Mamoru asked together.

"You… you're our daughter?!" Luna and Artemis asked in shocked unison.

"Yes." Diana answered cheerfully.

"King Endymion, back up for a minute. If it's been over nine centuries, why haven't you aged? You don't appear to be much older then I am now."

"In the royal family, the average life-span, is a thousand years."

"What…? A thousand years?" Usagi asked.

"Typically, members of the Silver Millennium family grow and mature just like humans until they reach adulthood. At twenty-two years old, Serenity ascended to the throne, but our marriage and Small Lady's birth didn't happen until much later. Since then, she has not aged a day. It is the power of the Legendary Silver Crystal that gave her an extended life and eternal youth. When her first husband and I married into the Silver Millennium family, he and I too, was granted that power. And we were far from the only ones the Silver Crystal blessed with its gifts. Once Neo Queen Serenity began her reign, the citizens of Crystal Tokyo became long-lived as well. Now practically everyone on Earth lives well into their tenth century without growing frail and decrepit."

"Wait a minute, I understand all that but, why was our marriage much later?" She asked confused.

"I am Neo Queen Serenity's second husband, the first, well, his story is something that I am not allowed to explain. He's very... peculiar about timing." Mamoru and Usagi looked at each other, completely confused.

"What happened to… my first husband and where is he?" Usagi asked. Endymion sighed. He'd been afraid of this conversation.

"As for what happened, I don't believe I should tell you that yet, but he's around somewhere. He and I both have an astral projection of a form, though his only came around after the explosion and the Silver Crystal encasing the queen. May I continue?" He asked her. She nodded.

"Having been granted its greatest wishes, humanity began an era of peace and prosperity we thought would last forever. We were wrong. That enormous black monolith appeared just after the mysterious explosion." He remembered the monolith, how it towered so high that it nearly rivaled the Crystal Palace. "It sucked in any and all energy until space itself began to bend and warp. And then it got worse… The comatose masses, who had initially survived the blast, started to disappear because of the spatial distortion, until there was no one left. I fear this planet is facing total destruction." Endymion finished.

"Is there no hope?" Usagi asked. She didn't want this to be their future, it couldn't be, right?

"The only thing that can save the Earth now is the Legendary Silver Crystal." Explained the King, looking at his wife in the Crystal. "Unfortunately, the only one who can use it is Neo Queen Serenity. And there is no waking her." He finally turned from her. "It seems we have no options left."

"No…" Usagi breathed.

"King Endymion, I'm sure the Black Moon is behind this catastrophe. Do you know who they really are?" Minako asked. She was absolutely positive about this.

"This way." He led them to a computer room. At first they thought it was empty, but then looked behind them to see two others in the room with them. Both had spiky, tri colored hair and the edges of their eyes had similarly sharp edges, though the boy on the left had larger, rounder eyes with the man on the right had smaller, sharper shaped eyes. When they turned around, Usagi realized that they were familiar to her, but she couldn't figure out where she saw them before. She looked at the pendants around their necks. An inverted triangle with an Egyptian eye in the center. It wasn't a traditional symbol of the Eye of Ra or even the Eye of Horus, but familiar still. Wait, how had she known what those were and the differences between them? How odd...

The boy on the left was about two or so inches taller than Usagi herself with spiky hair that reminded her of an open hand with hints of an autumn leaf. The tips of his hair was a amethyst shade that also matched his more… rounder shaped eyes, his lightninglike bangs were gold color.

What really caught her attention was that he was wearing a sailor suit. Though it was much different than her's or her friends' fuku. His consisted of a white top with sheer yellow sleeves and a what looked two yellow beltlike ribbons that came around from his back, to his hips, then arched down in a V shape at his front with two more strong ribbons in back that faded from yellow to red, much like the normal fuku's back bows. He had yellow pants that tucked into knee high, white boots with thin, orange V shape tops with a gold sun at the tips of the V's. His white gloves ended at the wrist, but had five lined fittings that started out yellow, then orange, and finally red, like a sunset, and a gold crescent moon on the backs of his gloves. The collar on the shirt was yellow, like his pants with one orange stripe and one red, but instead of connecting to a bow at the front, it was a tie with a gem in the shape of a sun. His choker was also different, it was yellow and looked more like a collar then the chokers the the guardians wore. Then on his forehead, just under a gold strange of hair, was a sun mark with a crescent moon in the middle of it.

The man on the right was a couple inches taller than the guardian next to him. His skin was darker, similar to Pluto's skin color, like someone who was in the hot sun quite often. His hair was similar to the boy next to him with a couple differences. The back tipes were crimson, matching his eyes, he still had the gold, lightning bangs, but he had a three more, shooting up along with the shape of the hair in the back along with the middle strand.

What he wore was the real eyecatcher. He wore black leather pants, that he pulled off quite well, a black cotton shirt, leather shoes, and a purple cape. Along his arms were pure gold armlets, a very Egyptian style look, and a gold crown that was also very Egyptian styled. He looked like a perfect mix of ancient and modern times.

He looked at Usagi and smiled at her. It was a knowing, kind smile, something should could've sworn that she had seen before. She found herself blushing a little.

"Blaze!" ChibiUsa exclaimed and jumped into the sailor guardian's arms. He smiled brightly at her and hugged her back.

"I'm glad you're home safe and sound, Small Lady." Even his voice was familiar, that higher tenor pitch. He hugged her for another minute before he then looked at everyone in the room and turned to her, bending down so that he was right to her level, his amethyst eyes held… sadness and disappointment. "Small Lady… I warned you what would happen if you took it and you took it anyway." His voice was quiet so that only she could hear him. ChibiUsa looked down.

"I know… I should have listened… to you and to Puu, but I didn't… I'm sorry." Blaze sighed and pulled her into a hug.

"I'm just happy you're safe and that you're trying to make it right." He pulled away and stood up again, turning to everyone in the room. Endymion looked at them.

"Pharaoh." He said, looked at the taller man.

"Endymion." The Pharaoh replied, his voice a deeper baritone sound. Hearing his voice made Usagi really feel like she should know him, but she couldn't remember, until that vision of the Egyptian Palace and the two thrones appeared in her mind again.

"Sailor Blaze." Endymion turned to Blaze, who looked back at him with an expression of… distaste or mistrust. Clearly, he wasn't happy with King Endymion for some reason. Minako looked at them.

"Chiba." Blaze replied with a cold tone.

"Pharaoh? Sailor Blaze?" She asked, voicing her and her companions questions. The Pharaoh turned to her. They noticed that he was also without a physical body.

"You have questions, I know. Many I cannot answer, the time is not right. But I can say that I'm Neo Queen Serenity's first husband. It's why I am Pharaoh." He explained. "And I have known you for many ages, Minako Aino." She blinked at him, at his knowing gaze. Usagi frowned, taking this information in. Though she couldn't seem to figure out why Blaze looked at King Endymion like that.

"Blaze… you don't really look like you like King Endymion… why?" Usagi asked and Blaze looked away.

"Blaze hasn't been all to fond of me for quite a while now, though he refuses to say why aside from telling me that I'll deserve it." Endymion said, getting a glare from Blaze.

"You know full well that I can't tell you or them. Besides, you'll figure it out if we make it through this." He snapped. After getting a look from the Pharaoh, he pushed his anger down and turned to their visitors. "I bet you're wondering how and why there's a male sailor guardian. Well, what I can say is that I'm a special case. I can't really give too much more information then that." Blaze explained.

"Pharaoh, you're body… you don't have a physically form either?" Mamoru asked him. The Pharaoh nodded.

"Unfortunately yes. But it's not the first time it's happened, so I'm a bit more used to it then King Endymion." He explained with a nonchalant shrug. He really didn't seem to be too bothered by it at all. It was inconvientant, yes, but he'd take what he could get.

"Are you bragging?" King Endymion asked the Pharaoh, who shook his head.

"Of course not. I am only stating a point." The Pharaoh replied. "You still can't tell whether I'm joking or not I see."

"Can we… get back to the point?" Minako asked, getting both kings' attention. The Pharaoh chuckled.

"Very well. I assume you're in here asking about the Black Moon, yes?" He asked, getting a nod. He turned around and pulled something up. It looked like… a black planet glowing with red fire with large cracks of glowing red, like lava streams down a volcano.

"What's that?" Usagi asked, looking at the image.

"The Planet Nemesis." The Pharaoh answered.

"Planet Nemesis?" She repeated.

"It is a hidden world within our very Solar System. A phantom planet that went undetected for quite some time." Endymion explained. "Even Blaze hadn't been able to find it until recently."

"What can you do, Blaze?" Minako asked him. Blaze sighed.

"I have an ability like Sailor Mars, though I can only see potential futures and they're rather cryptic most of the time and I have no control over when and where I see them or what triggers them." Blaze explained with a shrug. "It can be irritating sometimes."

"Anyway, centuries ago, an Earth criminal, guilty of the most egregious offenses, was banished there in lieu of execution. Nemesis was quarantined and left alone, unchecked for many decades; eventually becoming a forbidden planet. However, a massive outpouring of negative energy from Nemesis recently caught scientists' attention. They wanted to renew study of the lost world. They never got the chance." Endymion continued.

"The Black Moon hijacked the planet." Blaze began. "The Black Moon: bloodthirsty anarchists, who rejected long life and refused to live peaceably in society. Treason, terrorism, and mass murder were the least of their crimes." As he spoke, he remembered the faces of the Black Moon clan. Their eyes glowing, red, yellow, blue, violet, with the black moon symbol on each of their foreheads.

"Once they seized the planet of darkness, the group left Earth and established a new base of operations there. Then they began a full-scale assault. I fear their plan is to overthrow us, steal the Legendary Silver Crystal, and try to lay claim to this world as well." Endymion said and held a hand over a type of scanner. The image of the dark planet changed to the black monolith. ChibiUsa whimpered and squeezed Blaze's hand.

"The black monolith…" Mamoru muttered.

"The one that destroyed Crystal Tokyo?" Minako asked.

"Correct." The Pharaoh answered.

"I think that might be one giant chunk of Malefic Black Crystal!" Luna exclaimed. They all looked at her.

"You know this type of stone?" Endymion asked her.

"Yes." They all answered.

"Members of the Black Moon use that substance as an energy source to power their attacks. Even small fragments can be very dangerous." Luna explained.

"So that's it. The Black Moon mean to do more than conquer Earth and change the future. They intend to go back in time and use this Crystal to rewrite the past." They gasped.

"Are you sure?" Mamoru asked. Then Usagi got faint and staggered. "Are you okay?"

"I'm alright. I just felt a little dizzy all of a sudden, that's all." She muttered. Minako gasped when she looked at her, her legs starting to vanish.

"Usagi's turning invisible!" Luna cried.

"Her legs are disappearing!" Artemis gasped.

"Huh? My hands too! What's going on?" Usagi asked before she started getting dizzy again. And she wasn't the only one. Mamoru was starting to vanish as well.

"Quick! You must both return to the past immediately! Before you disappear altogether!" Endymion exclaimed. "Or worse, cause a rupture in the space-time continuum!"

"Being in such close proximity to your future selves creates a paradox that risks tearing the fabric of time!" Blaze gasped.

"That's terrible!" Usagi said.

"Please forgive me. I should not have let you stay this long." Endymion said. The Pharaoh gave him a look of: Duh!

"Don't apologize! You all gave us valuable information we'd been needing!" Usagi replied.

"We're in your debt!" Mamoru added.

"Now hopefully, we might be able to save Mars, Mercury, and Jupiter."

"As prisoners of the Black Moon, they are likely being held on Nemesis." The Pharaoh explained.

"You really think so?" Usagi asked him. He nodded.

"Allow me to assist in their rescue. It's the least I can do in return for your help. But now you must go."

"Thank you. We'll be back very soon!" Minako promised. The two kings nodded. Endymion bent down to ChibiUsa.

"Small Lady… I cannot protect you in my current form and Blaze can only do so much, so you must return to the past." Endymion told her.

"Daddy?" She asked.

"Promise me that you will stay out of trouble. And please… Be a good girl and try to help where you can."

"Yes, Daddy." She promised. Mamoru placed a hand on ChibiUsa's head.

"King Endymion, I swear to you that I will protect Small Lady with my life." He promised and looked at ChibiUsa with a smile. Usagi looked at them, then down feeling, well, hurt to say the least.

"Talking to my younger self like this, I confess it does feel a little strange." The King said.

"Yeah." Mamoru agreed. The King grew serious once again.

"Please, take care of my daughter." Mamoru gave a nod. "Now hurry to the Doorway Between Space and Time. There's a shortcut through the palace."

"King Endymion, about Sailor Pluto… If she's a Sailor Guardian like we are, then why were we not allowed to know she even existed?" Luna asked.

"While Sailor Pluto also holds the title of Sailor Guardian, she is not like you. Her's is a seperate, unique mission, very different from your's." He explained as he and Blaze guided them to the Doorway.

"The blood flowing through her veins is that of Chronos, God of Time. She is the beautiful, solitary Guardian of the door that is the threshold between times. Time alone is the last sacred domain." He said.

"For Millennia, Sailor Pluto has been the only keeper of the Doorway Between Space and Time, protecting that forbidden realm." Blaze added just before the door opened and Sailor Pluto turned. The look on her face was different then before.

"King Endymion? Sailor Blaze?" She asked, surprised to see them.

"Pluto, we realize it is high treason to even be here, but we need a Space-Time key, it's urgent." Endymion said. Blaze nodded in agreement and turned to the visitors from the past.

"Mm… of course." She pulled a key from the silver chain around her waist.

"With this key, no matter where or when you are, you will always be able to find your way back to Sailor Pluto." Endymion explained. "Pray to this key and it will create a time warp."

"Okay." Usagi turned to Endymion and nodded to him.

"Sailor Moon, Sailor Venus… Sailor Pluto… she is older then all of us. She has watched eras pass. Her wisdom is unparalleled. In my absence, you may rely on her judgement. Trust her. She will help you."

"Yes I will." Pluto confirmed, her cheeks were a little flushed. Though only Minako really noticed that look on her face. She knew love better than anyone. Blaze frowned, his hands in his pockets.

"Hey, what am I? Chopped liver?" He asked, a slightly annoyed expression on his face. Pluto looked at him and smiled fondly at him.

"I'm sure they'll need your assistance too, Blaze." She assured him. "Though you also know your limits." Blaze sighed.

"Yeah, I know. I'm not allowed to spill anything future related with very few exceptions. Along with… other stuff." He said, folded his arms over his chest. It was a familiar reaction. Kind of reminded them a little of Usagi. He and Pluto were similar in their limits in their powers. That's what happens when one has great power. He looked at them.

"If you need it, Blaze will be able to assist you as well." Pluto told him. Usagi smiled at them and nodded.

"Sure. We'll take all the help we can get." She held her hand out and shook Pluto's hand, than Blaze's.

"Safe travels." Endymion wished them. Blaze went to ChibiUsa and hugged her.

"I wish I could come with you, Small Lady." He said.

"I know Blaze, but I'll be okay. You… You're needed here." She replied. He smiled at her.

"If you need me, find my past self. He'll help you, I'm sure of it." He said. She nodded and Endymion, Blaze, and Diana left.

"Bye, Diana." Luna said.

"See you real soon." Artemis promised. Usagi looked at the key and in a flash of light, they were back at the park they left, though the sun had gone down. Minako sat up.

"Awesome! It looks like we're right back in the park where we started! That's a lucky break!" She said happily, having no idea that she was sitting on Usagi, Mamoru, and ChibiUsa.

"Cool, now get off Venus!" Usagi told her. Minako noticed and shrieked, her face red with embarrassment. She got off and helped them up.

"I'm so sorry! Are you okay?" She asked, panicking a little.

"Don't worry about." Usagi assured her.

"Here, lean on me, Usagi. You sure you're not hurt?" Minako asked. Usagi tried to assured her that she was fine for several minutes while Minako kept apologizing.

"How do you feel?" Mamoru asked ChibiUsa, completely ignoring what was going on.

"I'm fine, but she was kinda heavy." The young child replied.

"Usako, I'll take ChibiUsa home with me." Mamoru told her.

"Why you? Give me one good reason she can't come home with me like always?" She demanded.

"I'm responsible for her, that's why. Besides, you need to get some rest." He answered. That was the response she was expecting him to give her.

"Why do you have to look after her on your own? Don't you think she should have both of her parents with her!" She asked him, obviously upset. He stood up and looked at her.

"Usako…" He began.

"No, I understand. Mars, Mercury, and Jupiter, the future… none of that matters to you. And I don't matter to you either!" She turned to him, tears falling down her cheeks. "All you care about is ChibiUsa!"

"That's not true!"

"I don't believe you!" She snapped and ran off crying.

"Usagi? Usagi wait!" Minako cried as she watched her friend run off. Then she turned to Mamoru and shook her head. "Way to go. You made her cry again…" Then she left as well.

….

At home, Usagi laid on her bed crying, the room only lit by the full moon above.

How could I act so selfish at a time like this? I don't understand why I'm feeling so jealous. ChibiUsa's our child! Of course Mamo would care about her and want to protect her! But still… Why Mamo? Why couldn't you say, "We're responsible for her." She's my daughter too… Usagi opened her eyes, tears continuing to fall down her cheeks.

….

Mamoru stood at the window, watching out silently. He had quite a bit on his mind. Usagi's reaction… how she cried and ran off. ChibiUsa looked at him sadly. She was coming between them. Was that something she wanted to happen? No, it wasn't and she felt horrible about it. She turned on her side to hide her tears from Mamoru.

Daddy… She thought sadly.

….

The next morning, Mamoru woke up with his back up against the bed and a blanket wrapped around himself facing the window. The light of morning was spilling into the room and directly on his face. He groaned. He didn't remember falling asleep.

"It's bright… When did it get to be morning?" He muttered and turned to look behind him and… at the empty bed? He stood up with wide eyes. "ChibiUsa?" There seemed to be no sign of her. Where did she go? He looked around the apartment and found no sign of the child. That's not good.

….

Pluto stood at her post at the Doorway Between Space and Time, as she usually did. The place was quiet, until a beeping broke the silence. She looked up when Small Lady came out of the mist holding her Luna-P doll in her arms.

"Small Lady! What's wrong?" The solitary guardian bent down so she was face to face with the child. "Where are Sailor Moon and Sailor Venus? It's dangerous for you to come back by yourself."

"I know I should've waited for them. But I'm used to being all by myself." The child replied, sadness in her eyes.

"That's not true... " Pluto began, but Small Lady cut her off.

"You know it is, Puu! But as long as I have you, I don't care. As long as we're friends, I'm okay without anyone else!" She said, surprisingly Pluto.

"Well, you certainly are honest, Small Lady." Pluto said with a smile, a fond look in her eyes. Small Lady looked down, shame and guilt on her face.

"No I'm not… I'm not honest at all." She left the doorway and went to the room where the six goddesses and their spouses, Luna and Artemis, and her father's sleeping bodies were laying, resting as peacefully as they could. She passed the lovely Outer Guardian of Neptune, her hands resting over her rather enlarged belly. Small Lady wondered if Neptune will ever be able to wake up and have her child now, along with Venus. Venus wasn't as far along as Neptune was, but she still had that baby bump. Neither of them would be able to transform while pregnant, Blaze informed her of that, which is mainly why Venus hadn't when this all happened.

Small Lady walked past them and to where her father was. His eyes were shut and he held his cane in a way a knight would in death. She looked at him, then down.

Daddy… I ruined everything… And I don't know how to fix it. She thought as she walked over to where Diana was curled up with her mom and dad.

"Diana, you're worried about your mom and dad, too." She gently pet the kitten's head before she returned to where her mother rested. "Mommy… Please… Please open your eyes. I don't know what to do. I need your help. How come you won't open your eyes, Mommy?" She leaned against the dias where her mother laid and cried. From behind the curtain, Endymion watched with a sad expression. He felt so powerless.

….

On Nemesis, Demande stood in front of the image of Neo Queen Serenity again. Esmeraude stood with her back against a pillar, just watching him. At least until Rubeus popped up with a sly smile on his face.

"Esmeraude... " He said, startling her. He pulled her into a hold. "Doing a little unauthorized reconnaissance are we?"

"I could say the same thing of you!" She replied, glaring at him.

"You failed you know." He reminded her.

"Agh! So did you!" She snapped. Demande turned to the two of them.

"What do you want?" Their prince asked them, obviously annoyed by their intrusion. Esmeraude pushed Rubeus away, who only chuckled and raised his hands in surrender.

"Please, Prince Dimande. I beg of you, let me have another chance! This time I'll show you what I can really do! There wasn't an opportunity before to use the gift that Wiseman gave me. My trump card." She said, her hands changing from the biceps down to her fingertips into dull colored, flexible claws. "Code Extra: Operation "Re-lax." With the help of this special power, Sailor Moon, the "Rabbit", and the Legendary Silver Crystal, will all be hand-delivered to you on a silver platter!" She smirked, having total confidence in her abilities.

….

Small Lady was heading out of the Crystal Palace when her toy's antenna started beeping, the little ball on the top flashing red in warning.

"What is it, Luna-P?" She asked as she stopped walking. Then she heard a familiar, evil laugh. She gasped and looked up at the woman floating above her.

"Poor, defenseless little Rabbit. What happened to your Sailor escorts? A princess should know better than to leave the safety of the castle by herself." Esmeraude chided, raising her arms which turning into the dull colored claws again. "What a naughty little girl you are." She reached from Small Lady. King Endymion felt the presence of danger towards his daughter.

"Small Lady!" He gasped. Blaze had felt it as well and had taken off for the doors. For someone with such short legs, he was fast. Maybe running with Uranus and Neptune had really helped. Though he was nowhere near as fast as they were. By the time Blaze got outside, Esmeraude already had Small Lady by the neck.

"Now then, Rabbit… How about a demonstration of that power you inherited from Neo Queen Serenity? Come on now, Rabbit, fight back!" The woman said as she flung the child around. "If you won't, then I guess I'll just have to kill you." She pulled off one of her earrings.

I wish I did have that kind of power... Small Lady thought. I would be able to fight back and maybe save mommy… but…

"We're coming ChibiUsa!" Usagi yelled as she, Mamoru, Minako, Luna, and Artemis ran towards her.

"Venus Love-Me Chain!" Minako cried, using the chain around her waist. It smacked Esmeraude in the arm, shocking her enough to drop ChibiUsa. Mamoru rushed across the barren ground and managed to catch ChibiUsa before she hit the ground.

"I got you." He assured her. Minako and Usagi were relieved. If he had been any slower, she could've been hurt pretty badly.

"Nice catch!" Minako praised. Esmeraude growled and used her earring as a kind of projectile. The Guardians were just fast enough to avoid it, but it made a huge crevice in the ground.

"A Malefic Black Crystal!" Artemis exclaimed.

"She used it like a grenade!" Luna gasped. Blaze stood in front of Mamoru and ChibiUsa holding a scythe with blades on the top and bottom ends on the shaft. It was quite an impressive weapon. The shaft was sparkling gold and the blades themselves silver with gold crescent moon designs in the blades, the moons getting smaller as they got to to tip.

"Keep moving! She'll have an easier time using that attack again if you stay still!" He warned them. "Tuxedo Mask, take cover and protect Small Lady!" He glared at Esmeraude, who sneered at him.

"Blaze... " She hissed. "Come out to join the party finally? Took you long enough. Prince Demande should reward me for taking that Crystal within you." Blaze's eyes narrowed.

"I'd like to see you try. My power rivals Sailor Saturn herself, and believe me when I tell you that you don't want to mess with either of us." Blaze told her. His words made her hesitate a little.

"She's still asleep, she can't help you." Esmeraude replied, "Besides, you're only her opposite. You create, you don't destroy." Blaze smirked.

"Yes, I'm her opposite, but that doesn't mean that I can't kick your ass into the sun. So just try me, I dare you." He assured her, holding his scythe in a fighting stance. But before he could do anything, Usagi tried to attack.

"Moon Princess Halation!" She cried, but once again nothing happened. Which shocked her.

Not again! Why can't I use Halation! She thought, panicking. Blaze shook his head. This pause seemed to help Esmeraude get her composure back.

"Can't attack? Aww. That's too bad." She taunted and in that instant, she used her power again, grabbing Minako, Mamoru, and Usagi by the necks.

"Sailor Moon! Sailor Venus! Tuxedo Mask!" Blaze cried and blocked several other attacks from Esmeraude. Normally she wouldn't have stood a chance against him, but he was distracted, so eventually she grabbed him as well.

"Oh no!" Artemis exclaimed. Esmeraude laughed evilly.

"I'll destroy you all without even breaking a sweat! Are you watching this with your Evil Sight? Can you see me Prince Demande? Who's your favorite now?" She said, sucking the energy out of her captives.

"I feel so weak…" Minako muttered, her energy draining by the second.

"She's sucking out all of our energy!" Usagi exclaimed.

"Don't stop fighting!" Blaze cried, struggling against Esmeraude. Unlike them, he had quite a bit more energy left, but even that was limited now. All he could do was struggle.

"Dammit!" Mamoru cursed.

Tuxedo Mask! Don't give up! You can defeat her! I'll help you! King Endymion told him, putting his hand against Mamoru's back. "Now!"

"Tuxedo La Smoking Bomber!" They both cried and blasted her.

"This can't be! Prince Demande!" Esmeraude cried as she was destroyed. Everyone was released and landed back on the ground. Blaze felt completely useless. He was really out of practice.

"I don't get it, why isn't the moon rod working? Why am I the only one here who can't use their power?" Usagi asked.

"Sailor Moon, remember what Small Lady told you." Blaze said, rubbing his neck. That triggered the exact memory.

"I know that the Silver Crystal from the past, doesn't have any power except in the past."

So I can't use the Legendary Silver Crystal at all in the Thirtieth Century? But I need my powers! How am I going to defeat the Black Moon without them? What about my friends? How am I supposed to save them? Usagi thought to herself, panic rising in her chest.

"I'm surprised they got the best of Esmeraude with one shot." A voice chimed in before the Black Moon prince himself appeared next to Wiseman. Blaze looked at Wiseman and gasped. He's felt that energy before… when the Pharaoh was… but how?!

"They did indeed. However, it would seem the Legendary Silver Crystal is not as powerful as I once thought." Wiseman said. All of them gasped. The Pharaoh had joined them outside by now, standing next to Blaze, glaring at Wiseman with angry crimson red eyes.

"What do you think Sailor Moon, Sailor Venus, Tuxedo Mask? Do you like this apocalyptic version of the Thirtieth Century? If it isn't horrible enough, there's still time to make it worse." Prince Demande laughed sinisterly.

"I know who you are! You must be the leader of the Black Moon! Why did you destroy this planet?" Usagi demanded, glaring at him in a way identically to how Neo Queen Serenity did, enough that as she spoke, Demande saw her as the beautiful queen of Earth. "What have you done with the Guardians you took? What do you want? Why are you doing this?"

There they are, those fierce, determined eyes, the ones that stared back at me that fateful day… Demande thought. The mark on his forehead glowed red as he activated the power of his Evil Eye.

What's happening? I can't move! And I can't look away! Usagi thought, her eyes glazing over as she was frozen in place. Mamoru gasped, picking up on what was happening.

"Stop! Don't look into his eye!" Mamoru warned as a bright red light blinded them and trapped Usagi.

"USAGI!" Minako screamed, reaching for her dearest friend, heartbroken as Usagi was taken away from her just like Rei, Ami, and Makoto and once again, she was alone.