Two months had passed since the mission, and the girls' identities as the Sailor Scouts were revealed to the Gundam boys - with the exception of Serena's form. The group, minus Heero, Wufei, Rei, and Serena, were sitting in Amy's and Lita's apartment and looking at each other. The boys kept their gaze on the girls, as the girls looked uncomfortably at the beige carpet, and thought of ways to break the awkward silence. "You five are not from here, are you?" Quatre finally asked as he looked up to see Amy looking at him.

"No." Mina said with a heavy sigh as she looked at the man she was falling in love with and saw Duo was about to say something but quickly spoke up, "We come from a different dimension, and we were sent here to help with this war."

"In your short skirts?" Duo asked incredulously as he looked to Mina who seemed to be the one answering the questions as he asked with betrayal, hurt, and anger as he looked at her with these emotions swimming in his cobalt eyes. "You thought you would just show up and prance around calling forth those phrases to save us?!"

Mina clutched her fists as she looked down to the carpet as she heard Duo's ranting about their identities as the Sailor Scouts and looked at him with hurt, pain, loneliness, and something more Duo couldn't recognize as Mina looked him straight in the eyes as she spoke up and matching his tone. "We had no choice as to what our uniforms look like for over one thousand years! We fight for love and justice and protect those that cannot protect themselves, Duo Maxwell! We have seen things that make this war look like child's play, we have died numerous of times, and we've been brought back to life to do it all over again to fight against evil! We thought you would understand, but we were wrong, and we're SORRY for aiding you in this DMAN war!"

Quatre looked at Amy who was looking at her teacup and felt confusion from everyone as he saw the burden they were all carrying. "What do you mean you have died numerous of times?"

Mina and Duo stopped their staring contest as they both looked to Quatre and heard Amy sigh. Mina sighed as she looked to Lita and Amy as she asked, "Are you willing to listen to a long story about who and what we are?"

"Yes. I would like to know more about those attacks you used." Trowa said calmly as he asked, "Can Serena transform like the rest of you?"

"Yes." Lita answered as she looked at Trowa with a small smile as she continued to speak up, "She's known as Sailor Moon and . . ." she looked over to Mina to see if she should continue but Mina interrupted her.

"We will tell you what you need to know." Mina quipped as she looked to Lita and asked, "Can you make some food for them, seeing how it will take awhile?"

Lita smiled softly as she got off the couch and walked into the kitchen to prepare dinner.


Serena looked down to the folder in her right hand as she stood out in the hall and knocked on the white door as she thought about the last mission with her heart dull as she thought back to Heero's words. She looked up as the door opened and smiled softly as she addressed the person, "Rei."

"Serena?" Rei asked confused as she opened the door further and allowed Serena to step inside. After she closed the door, she looked to Serena to see Serena's eyes had dark circles and her clothes were wrinkled. "How are you feeling?"

"Like shit." Serena answered truthfully as she sat down on the couch as she took out her brooch to look at it as she thought about her next plan of action.

"I can go and kick his ass," Rei said with a small smile and frowned as she saw Serena shaking her head with tears slowly falling from her eyes. She saw the brooch and walked next to the couch and sat down next to Serena as she asked, "You're going back?"

"Hai . . ." Serena said as she looked up at her friend and allowed the tears to fall as she spoke up, "I can't stay here . . .it hurts too much. I love him and . . ." she began to cry as she began to rub her stomach.

Rei felt her heart break at the sight of her friend as she hugged her and spoke up, "I understand . . . do you want me to get the others?"

"No," Serena said as she wiped away her tears and pushed herself away from Rei as she saw confusion in Rei's violet eyes. "I want you and them to stay here. The boys still need your help whether or not they want to accept it, but they do. Also, I never saw them this happy before and hope the boys will accept them." She smiled softly as she looked in Rei's eyes as she spoke up, "He's stubborn like you, but I need you to stay here, Rei."

"Why?"

"I need you to be in charge. Mina is still the leader when it comes time for Sailor Scout business, but you need to be the leader for missions. Your physic abilities will help you with what needs to be done, and you have what it takes to give the orders."

"But. . ."

"They'll listen to you, Rei. Please? If I stay here, I will be a burden, and I am needed back in our world."

"Okay." Rei said as she looked at the folder and asked, "What's in the folder?"

Serena closed her eyes and opened them as she answered Rei's question. "I need you to give it to Heero. It's my part of the project and plus there are adjustments to their Gundams due to what the new mobile dolls are being made from. I would but . . ." she turned away and looked out the window as she whispered, "I don't want to be reminded of what a screw up I am . . ."

"You're not-"

Serena whipped around with anger in her eyes as she spoke up, "Don't! I am, Rei. Why I was chosen to be Sailor Moon is beyond me. You were right and hearing it from Heero, you were all right! I tried, Rei, I really did try to be the leader everyone wanted me to be, but in the end I would always let you or the others down. Perhaps that is why Darien chose someone else, because she didn't screw up at saving his life or he had to die to protect her . . . I tried, I . . ."

Rei began to cry as she hugged Serena and cried into her shoulder as she spoke up, "I was wrong . . . Heero's a dumbass, and Darien is a coward." She began to cry harder as she spoke up, "If anyone failed it was us for not believing in you."

Serena smiled and hugged Rei as she closed her eyes as she forgave Rei. "Perhaps we all failed one another." Serena said as she pushed Rei away and smiled at her, "After all, we had the world fall on our shoulders when we were fourteen, and we didn't know how to cope with it." She opened her brooch and took out the crystal as she handed Rei the now empty brooch. "Show them this and tell them I'll be back when I can."

"I will." Rei said.

Serena stood as well and rubbed her growing stomach as she looked Rei in the eyes as she spoke, "I promise I will be back, but I don't know when. Can you do one more favor for me?"

"Anything."

"Please don't tell the others about me and the baby."

"Alright." Rei gave her one last hug as she spoke up, "Be careful Serena, and good luck."

"Thanks, Rei." Serena looked up to the ceiling and spoke up, "Pluto, send me back!"

Rei watched with a longing heart as her best friend disappeared and wondered how she would tell the others. She sighed as she looked to the red folder and frowned as she picked it up, and left her apartment.
"Wait, so you're reincarnated?" Duo asked as Mina just finished telling them about the Silver Millennium.

Mina began to rub her temples as she spoke up, "Yes, Duo. Queen Serenity made a wish on the Silver Imperium Crystal to send us into the future to live a happy life until we were needed again . . ."

"Serena is the princess?" He asked as he realized these girls lived complicated lives. As he saw Mina's shoulders sag at the mention of Serena, the anger he felt earlier left as he began to understand some of the things she or the other girls said. "So you are her guardians?"

"Yes." Amy said as she saw Mina wanted to strangle Duo and began to explain the rest of their lives. "Three years ago, Serena found some boys picking on a cat. She scared the boys away to see the cat had a band-aid on its forehead . . . by saving that cat, it changed Serena's life as it was one of Queen Serenity's advisor, Luna – a cat from a planet Mau. Luna was on a mission to awaken the Sailor Scouts due to Metallia was back and needed to be stopped. Serena became Sailor Moon and eventually we were all reawakened to fight the Negaverse and still searching for the Moon princess . . ."

"It was the last battle with one of Queen Beryl's generals that we discovered Serena was Princess Serenity as Tuxedo Mask, also known as Darien was Prince Endymion. He was wounded, as Serena was crying for him one of her tears crystallized and revealed to us who she really was . . ." Lita said taking over the timeline as she waited for the casserole to finish baking. "We fell one by one as Serena was the only one left to defeat Beryl and after this battle she made a wish for all of us to live normal lives and to be happy."

"But that happiness didn't last long as another enemy came, and Serena tried to fight the enemy as much as possible keeping us from becoming Sailor Scouts again, but that wasn't possible for the enemy became stronger and she was forced to give us our memories back to help aid in the fight. Again, she was alone to fight the enemy and to free Darien from it's grasp. Darien and Serena after this last battle had a chance to explore their relationship, but that didn't last long as a girl with cotton-pink hair fell from the sky and fell on them while they were on a date . . ." Mina explained as they sat there as she explained the next battle of the Dark Moon family, Crystal Tokyo, and about their future they fought to save.


Rei looked back down to the red envelop and sighed as she knocked on the door and prayed he wouldn't shoot her. She was about to leave until the door slowly opened and she saw Heero looking tired and his heart was being squeezed by forceps. "Heero."

"Hn." He replied.

"Serena wanted me to give this to you." She said showing him the envelop as she further explained the contents, "It's her part of the assignment, and some modifications to your Gundams." She handed it to Heero and spoke up, "She left."

"What?" Heero asked as he avoided the group for the last two months as he mentally shot himself in the head for the things he said to Serena. "What do you mean, she left?"

Rei sighed as she knew he loved Serena and spoke up as she asked, "May I come in?"

Heero opened the door and watched Rei walk into his dorm and then he closed the door. He watched as Rei sat down on the couch, her shoulders slouched, and he noticed she seemed more withdrawn. He sat in the chair and looked at her, waiting for her to answer his questions as he tried to answer them on his own.

"She went back to our world." Rei said and silently watched his reaction.

"I'll just go to L1." He replied, not thinking clearly.

"She's not on L1 – we're not from L1, Heero," Rei began as she realized this information would tear him apart as a part of her felt guilty while the other part wanted him to feel Serena's pain. "Heero, we come from another dimension. Where we come from, we fight monsters that suck people's energy, and eventually fighting the cause to those monsters. Serena went back to help three more friends to fight a threat there."

"She . . ." he sighed as he ran a hand through his greasy hair and looked in her violet eyes as he spoke up, "She left to . . . the baby?"

Rei choked back on the sob and felt the fire of Mars boil within her soul as she stood up and glared at him, "What do you care? You're the REASON she left, Heero! What you said to her about her being a screw up! Because of you, I lost my best friend, and because of you she left to be somewhere she's not considered a screw up!"

Heero glared at her and leaned forward as he felt his heart shatter as he mumbled, "I didn't . . ." he looked down to the floor as he asked, "Can I go to her?"

"No. She's blocked any of us to return. We are needed here and she didn't want to cause anymore heartache for Mina, Amy, and Lita." She said a bit more calmly as she realized Heero didn't know how to care for Serena due to his programming. She looked at him as she continued to speak up, "Our happiness always came first and she would tackle the world on her own if she could . . . she sees them happy and that is why she has blocked us from returning."

"She left because of me?" He asked again as he tried to register what was happening and why he felt the world was coming to an end.

"Yes." Rei said as she flipped back her hair and began to leave as she spoke up, "She left because she loves you and you don't love her."

"Rei . . . I-" he began but stopped as he sighed and looked back to the floor as he asked, "Will she come back?"

"I don't know." Rei said as she left Heero alone and felt her heart break even more as she realized how much Heero was hurting. I'm sorry Heero . . . why did you leave me here, Serena? I'm not happy. She hung her head and left the building with her soul aching as she saw Heero's heart break due to her words. "He loves you, Serena . . ." she said into the wind as she sat on the bench to think about her next task.


"That explains why you're afraid of circuses." Trowa spoke up as Amy finished telling them about their last battle.

Lita smiled faintly as she stood and replied, "To this day, I won't go into the house of mirrors - afraid I'll be sucked in and won't come out."

The girls all shuddered at the memory. Mina stood and stretched her muscles as she looked at the three boys and felt the weight on her shoulders had slowly lifted. "That's why we never said anything, because we didn't know how you would react." Mina said looking straight at Duo as she left to help Lita with dinner.

"Then why did you transform?" Quatre asked as he blushed, thinking back to Amy's uniform.

"That's the only way we could use our attacks, plus, our identities are covered due to magic."

"But why could we recognize you?" Quatre asked as he looked at her.

"We allowed you to." Amy replied as she looked over at Duo and Trowa and sighed as she left to help the other two.


"Koneko?" Amara asked as she saw Serena appear in their living room.

Serena smiled softly as she fell to her knees and saw Amara was quickly at her side. "It's good to see all of you." She said as she used most of her energy to protect the baby from time traveling.

"Trista told us you would be coming." Michelle said as they helped Serena stand and about fell with the unexpected weight as Amara let Serena go.

"Are you pregnant?" Amara asked as she looked at Serena and felt her blood boil as she thought who could touch her princess.

Serena laughed at Amara's protectiveness and spoke up, "I'm four months along and his father is back in the other dimension."

"I'll kill him . . ." Amara began to ramble as she looked at Serena and allowed her threats to hang in the air as she saw Serena shaking her head no, "Do you love him?"

"Hai . . . I only wish . . ." she shook her head as she looked at Michelle and asked, "is there a bedroom I can stay in?"

"Of course, we had one prepared for you," Michelle said with a smile as she helped Serena up the stairs. "Amara will kill him for hurting you, Hime."

Serena looked back to see Amara glaring at them as Michelle whispered that to her. Serena looked back to Michelle and asked, "You're not ashamed of me?"

"Of course not." Michelle said as she opened a door across from their bedroom as she continued to speak, "Trista told us everything, but left out the part of you being pregnant. You are welcomed to stay here as long as you like, Hime."

"Thank-you." Serena said as she sat on the bed and felt sleep claim her.

Michelle smiled softly as she helped Serena lay down and spoke softly, "We'll wake you up once dinner is ready."

"Thank-you."

Michelle left the room and closed the door to see Amara leaning against the wall in the hallway. She shook her head sadly as she grabbed a hold of Amara's hand and led her back downstairs and into the kitchen as she demanded, "Don't make this any harder on her, Amara. She's suffered enough and what that guy did to her - broke her heart . . . completely."

"Fine . . . but I don't have to be happy with the fact that an asshole lead her on to get one thing and then turn around to break her heart and leaving her to raise a child by herself!"

"She won't. She has us." Michelle took out some vegetables and began to cut them up as she spoke up, "We're all she has right now, Amara. Her mother will understand, but her dad will disown her . . ."

"Is Serenity-hime back?" Hotaru asked as she walked into the kitchen as she set down her school bag.

"Hai. She's sleeping right now," Amara said as she saw Hotaru smile and felt her bad mood slowly disappear as she watched her adoptive daughter become happy. "She'll be staying with us."

"Sugoi!" Hotaru said as she took out her books and began to do her homework as she commented, "I feel another presence and she also seems sad."

Michelle and Amara looked at her with wide eyes as Michelle spoke up, "I think that presence is the child she is carrying."

Hotaru's smiled again as she looked at them with a thoughtful expression, "Do you think it's Rini?"

Michelle laughed as she dumped the vegetables in the pot as she answered the question, "I don't know. Now, do your homework, Hotaru."

"Yes, Michelle-mamma."


"It's been a WEEK!" Rei yelled out in frustration as she punched the punching bag and then kicked it as she thought about Serena and how she was doing. "Argh!" She then kicked the bag as she continued to talk out loud, unaware Wufei walked into the gym and was watching her with admiration. He frowned as he heard, 'You left, damn it! We need you . . . he . . ." Rei fell on her knees to stare at the red mat as she fought back the sob as she continued to talk amongst herself, "needs you, Serena."

Wufei quietly set down his duffel bag and walked over to Rei and stopped as he watched her quickly stand on her feet to glare at him with tears falling from her eyes. He looked at her with confusion as he asked, "Onna?"

Rei growled and wiped the tears away from her eyes and began to walk out of the gym, humiliated he caught her having a weak moment. "Shut-up!" She yelled back as she walked past him only to growl in frustration as Wufei grabbed a hold of her right wrist. She turned around and punched him, only to see him easily catch her left fist. "I'm leaving."

Wufei silently observed Rei and frowned as he could see she was beating herself up at Serena's choice to leave. "Rei?" He asked. He wanted to comfort her as he knew to see her crying was bad.

"Leave me alone, Wufei," Rei said as she tried to break from his hold, only to glare at him as he did the unthinkable – he hugged her. Rei felt the dam break as she clung onto his silk shirt and began to cry – for Heero, for Serena, but mostly for herself for failing.

Wufei closed his eyes as he wrapped his arms tighter around her and laid his head on top of hers as he asked, "What happened?"

"Serena left . . ."

Wufei scowled at her answer, but knew there was more. He pushed her away slightly and began to wipe the tears away with his thumbs as he looked into her violet eyes as he spoke up, "Serena isn't the only reason why you're crying, is it?"

Rei looked away as she whispered, "I . . ." she sighed as she pushed herself away from his embrace, ashamed of herself for being weak, and displaying this weakness in front of Wufei. "It doesn't matter, Wufei. I'll leave now."

Wufei frowned as he watched Rei begin to leave. He sighed as he watched the one woman he wanted leave. "Don't." He called out as he looked at her and saw that she stopped walking. He walked up to her and finished wiping the remaining tears away as he kissed her soft rosy lips as he whispered, "You're not weak."

Rei gasped at his kiss and his comment as she took a step back only to find Wufei's arms wrap around her waist as she looked into his raven eyes. "Yes . . ."

Wufei smiled softly as he felt himself ignite by kissing her and shook his head. "For caring about your friend is not a weakness Rei." He kissed her with more desire as he wanted her.

Rei pushed herself away from him, with shock soon leading towards anger as she asked him, "What, you think you can be my savior?" She pushed him away for the third time as she looked at him in the eyes and spoke up, "I don't need you to save me, Wufei. So just leave me the HELL alone, or I will fry your ass!"

"I didn't come to save you," Wufei shot back as he was beginning to berate himself for kissing her two times and for being weak.

"I'm glad we agreed on something." Rei said as she flipped her hair off her shoulders and began to leave the gym for the third time.

Wufei growled as he asked out loud, "What did your weak leader do?"

Rei stopped and turned around to glare at him as she spoke up, "She's not weak, Baka."

"Then why did she leave when we have a battle in two months?"

"None of your business."

"It is my business when you're crying over her and Heero hasn't left his apartment since our last mission." He said as he walked towards her as he needed someone to spar against.

"What Heero does, is his own doing – not Serena's."

"You're lying." He said as he matched her glare and caught her fist as he silently smirked to himself as she took the bait.

"I don't lie." Rei said as she kneed him in the stomach. "You're wasting my time."

Wufei quickly composed himself from her attack and did a round-house kick, knocking her on the ground as he straddled her, and smirked down at her, "You can't fool me, Rei. Now tell me what's going on and why did Serena leave?"

Rei tried to throw him off and growled as Wufei applied more pressure. She turned her head away and closed her eyes to avoid looking him in the eyes as she mumbled, "I can't."

Wufei smirk grew wider as he forced her to look at him as he spoke up, "Now Onna, do I have to straddle you all night or . . ." he smiled devilishly at her as he felt himself becoming aroused as Rei tried to loosen his grip. He leaned down and kissed her neck as he spoke up, "do you want me to . . ."

"Wufei . . ." Rei gasped out as she felt him continue to kiss her neck as she felt her emotions were getting the better of her as she demanded, "st-stop."

"Stop?" Wufei asked as he began to kiss the other side of her neck and asked innocently, "Stop what?"

"Please . . ." Rei said, not understanding why Wufei was acting out of character. "I . . . don't do this, Wufei. . ."

"Rei," Wufei said as he stopped kissing her neck to look into her fearful violet eyes as he spoke up, "I want you." He kissed her lips and then looked into her wide eyes as he continued, "You are like no woman I have ever met . . . loyal . . . strong . . . I always wanted to have you."

Rei gasped as she looked at him and then turned away. "You're just saying this to get laid." She said with anger in her voice as she looked at him only to see him glaring at her.

"I'm a man of honor, Rei."

"I'm finding that hard to be –" she was cut off as Wufei assaulted her lips once more. She closed her eyes as she felt her heart thumping madly in her chest. She wrapped her arms around his neck and looked into his eyes as she saw honesty and spoke up shyly as she asked, "Do – I'm afraid, Wufei."

"Of what?"

"Getting hurt – every man that I came to love always leave me."

Wufei smiled softly as he opened his heart to her, "That's one thing we have in common – every woman I have loved has also left me. Give me a chance, Rei."

Rei closed her eyes and then sighed as she looked up into his eyes as she spoke up, "Show me, Wufei. I need to know you will never leave me."

"As you wish, my fiery priestess." He chuckled as she looked at him with shock and spoke up, "I heard your grandfather owned a shrine . . ."

"Hai . . ."

Wufei leaned down and whispered in her right ear, "I love you, Rei Hino." Not giving Rei anytime to respond, he kissed her lips, as they opened their hearts to one another.


"I can't believe in two months, we can stop pretending to be students!" Duo exclaimed excitedly as he sat under a tree with his arms wrapped around Mina's waist.

"I know . . ." Mina said as she trailed off as she looked to the lake.

"You okay, Babe?" Duo asked as he peered over her right shoulder to look into her eyes.

"My heart aches . . ." she smiled softly as she looked into his worried eyes, "I'm not having a heart attack, Duo. It's just . . . being the scout of love, I feel people's emotions more, and the weird thing is these feelings are stronger since I've been in this world."

"So who does your heart ache for?"

"Heero . . . Rei – but I also feel her heart slowly mending."

"Heero, huh?" Duo asked with amusement as he asked, "Why does Heero's heart ache?"

"Serena." Mina answered as she turned around to look at him. "I was denying the feelings those two had towards one another, but . . . they love each other, and she's no longer here."

Duo kissed her forehead as he smiled at her, "She'll come back . . .even Rei said she'll be back once the threat in your world is over."

Mina sighed as she gave him a small smile, "I guess you're right . . . but . . ." she shook her head as she turned back around and rested her head against his chest to look back out to the lake.


Quatre, Amy, Trowa, and Lita were all sitting in a restaurant enjoying the double date. "Do you know what I miss?" Lita asked as she looked to her boyfriend and to her friend.

"What?" Amy asked as she took a bite of her spaghetti.

"The day of our practice mission," Lita said with a smile as she was thinking about Serena. "Serena was her usual self and we were all happy . . ."

"That was fun – even Rei and Wufei were flirting," Quatre said as he spoke up, "Wufei casually telling Rei he meant to get some more paint on his brush as he got paint on her hand."

The girls giggled as Amy looked at him and then spoke up, "I caught Heero smiling as Serena and Rei bickered."

"That reminded me of Duo and Wufei." Trowa said as they all laughed and then sighed. "Should we check on Heero?" He asked as he thought back to the last time he saw Heero.

"We'll bring dinner to him tonight, so that way he can't refuse." Lita said with determination as she wondered what happened between Heero and Serena. "Hopefully in two months, Serena will be back . . ."

Amy sighed as she looked to Lita and spoke with worry, "Do you think Amara, Michelle, and Hotaru can protect her well enough?"

Lita shrugged her shoulders as she looked out of the window and spoke up, "I hope so, because there is nothing we can do."


"Serena?" A concerned voice asked as their ocean blue eyes recognized the identical bun-hairstyle.

Serena turned around as she heard her name and saw Darien standing next to Melanie – both looking at her with shock. She walked up to them and spoke up, "Hi."

Darien shook his head as he noticed she was pregnant and felt rage as he wondered who could touch her. "Where is he?"

Serena laughed as she spoke up, "Still trying to be my hero." She gave him a hug and then hugged Melanie. "How are you doing?"

"Good." Melanie said as she smiled at Darien's ex-girlfriend and looked to her fiancé. "He's still protective of you, Serena."

"I know." Serena said and then laughed. "Before Darien has an aneurism, would you like to get a bite to eat at the Crown, and I'll tell you about the father?"

Melanie laughed and spoke up, "Sure. We were heading there actually."

Darien smiled at his fiancée and his ex as he spoke up, "Where have you and the others been?"

"AC 195." Serena replied and smiled as they walked into the Crown as she yelled, "Hi Andrew!"

"Hey Serena! The usual?" Andrew said as he saw Darien walk in with his fiancée and smiled, "Hey Buddy!"

"Hey Drew." Darien said with happiness as he lead Melanie and Serena to a back booth. "So?" Darien asked once they sat down.

"We've been gone for four months to AC 195 and while I was there I –um-I met someone."

"Is this the father?" Darien asked as he looked at Serena.

"Yes. We were both sent on a mission to retrieve a military file, and as a diversion we both started to kiss each other, and . . ."

"Is he here with you?" Darien asked, getting very protective of her.

Serena shook her head and smiled as Andrew set down her shake and sat down next to her. He looked at Darien and Melanie as he spoke up, "No, but even if he was I don't think you could do much."

Serena laughed as she looked at Andrew and looked to see Darien's confusion. She spoke up, "He's been trained to be a perfect soldier in his time, and without a second thought he would shoot you dead before you could transform into Tuxedo Mask."

"Serena!"

Serena shrugged her shoulders as she looked at Andrew and then back to Darien. "I told him who we really are, and he actually put two-and-two together but never said anything."

Melanie laughed as she leaned towards Darien and spoke up, "I think you should trust Serena's judgment, Hun. After all, she did date you."

Darien scowled while Andrew and Serena laughed at Melanie's comment. Serena looked at her and spoke up, "That is true . . . actually, Heero is more of a challenge then Darien . . ."

"Tell me about him," Melanie said as she treated Serena like her sister.

"He has the most amazing Prussian blue eyes and has messy chocolate brown hair that falls into his eyes . . ."

Melanie laughed as she leaned in and commented, "Sounds like a looker, do you have a picture?"

"Oh yeah." Serena produced a picture of Heero and placed it in front of Darien and Melanie. "Mina took that while all of us were doing painting ceramics for a practice mission."

Darien looked at the picture then at Serena as he spoke up, "Does he treat you well?"

Serena looked at him and sighed. "I think he would if he knew showing emotions were okay . . . it's part of the reason I'm here."

Darien smiled softly as he remembered the things he did to her. "I don't think he'll let you out of his sight once he sees you again, Serena. He looks like the protective type."

Serena smiled as she looked at him, "Do you approve, big brother?"

Darien laughed and was relieved they were able to remain friends as he spoke up, "You bet, Meatball head."

"Hey!"

Andrew laughed as he looked to Serena and spoke up, "Just because he can shoot someone in a single shot doesn't mean Darien and I won't kick his ass if he hurts you again, Serena."

Serena looked at Andrew and smiled as she spoke up, "Um, I think Amara will be the leader of your group."

"She'll probably kill me first and then Heero." Darien said bleakly.

Melanie smiled softly as she saw Serena looking at him with sympathy. Serena spoke up, "Darien, I think the future is best left to the unknown."

Melanie stood up as she looked at them as she spoke up, "I'm going to the restroom."

Andrew also stood up and looked to the two as he spoke up, "I need to check on your orders."

Serena and Darien both watched them leave as Serena looked to Darien as she spoke up, "I like Melanie, Darien. She treats you well and understands your role as Tuxedo Mask."

"Thanks, but I still feel guilty for giving up Crystal Tokyo."

"Don't." Serena said as she began to rub her swollen stomach. "If it wasn't for you, I wouldn't have met Heero, and I don't think we should have been forced together."

"Are you upset?"

"I was, Darien. I was upset at myself and thought I did something wrong. I thought I loved you, but when Heero and I shared our first kiss it was-"

"Magic?" Darien asked as he interrupted her.

Serena smiled at him and gave her a nod, "Yes. Amara is upset that the future won't happen, but she also doesn't see how happy Amy, Mina, and Lita are."

"And Rei?"

Serena smirked as she looked at him, "I think with time she'll find happiness with a certain Chinese pilot." She touched his hand and looked into his ocean blue eyes as she spoke up, "We were happy but not like this . . . Amara will understand eventually, Darien. I think out of everyone, you and I deserve this . . . we deserve to have someone to love us not because of obligations to ensure a Utopia, but we deserve to have someone to love us for us."

Darien smiled at her and leaned over the table as he gave her hug and whispered, "Thank-you."

Andrew and Melanie both looked at each other and smiled. Melanie flipped back her shoulder length raven hair as she leaned against the counter and spoke up, "If I wasn't engaged to him, I would root for them to be together . . ."

"Naw, she showed him the light, and now she is with someone that needs her even more. Serena still has a heart of gold, but she truly wasn't happy."

"She wasn't?" Melanie asked as she turned to him with questioning blue eyes.

"Neither was he. When Serena's friends were around they would put up a façade, but as they sat here at the counter they would treat each other like siblings. They tried to make it work, but Serena would tell me it didn't seem right. Darien would tell me he loved her but it wasn't like a lovers' love . . ."

"I know he moved to America and we met . . . but did they finally come to an understanding?"

"Yes. Darien told me he tried to be faithful to her the week you two came to visit the day you were shopping with Rita."

"I-I . . ."

"No." Serena said as she and Darien walked up to the counter as they heard the last part of Andrew's comment. "You helped us see the light, even though it was hard at first." She further explained. "Darien and I both told each other we would do whatever to make things work, but if we found someone we would give it a try."

Darien looked at her with confusion and then smiled as he realized Serena was saying this to make Melanie feel better. "That's right."

"We just didn't tell my guardians until the time came." Serena said with a smile. Her watch began to beep and she smiled as she looked at Melanie, "How long are you here in Japan?"

"Permanently." Melanie said with a smile.

"Wha-"

"I got a job offer at Tokyo hospital." Darien said as he then smiled.

"Great!" Serena exclaimed as she looked back at Melanie and smiled as she continued to talk with happiness, "Then that means we can shop whenever we want, and do girl stuff!"

Melanie laughed as she looked at the young blonde as she spoke up, "I would like that."

"Shit!" Serena said as her and Darien both looked outside, ignoring the looks she was receiving from Darien and Andrew as she sore, "Damn it!" She said as she began to walk towards the door, to look back to see a hand grabbing her left upper arm, "Move it, Darien."

"You can't fight a youma in your condition, Serena." He said quietly.

Serena yanked her arm free as she looked at him and smirked, "No, but I can shoot one." She said as she took out a gun from her subspace pocket and left the arcade.

Darien shook his head as he gave Melanie a kiss on the lips as he spoke up, "I'll see you later." He saw the worry in her eyes as he spoke up, "Don't worry, I'll make sure she doesn't do something stupid like she normally does." He waved bye to Andrew and ran out of the arcade to see Serena was already running towards the park. "Stupid Meatball head."


"WORLD SHAKING!" Uranus yelled as she released her attack on a youma. She clenched her fist as she saw the youma dodge her attack and yelled, "Damn it!"

Sailor Neptune shook her head as she looked to the youma and then watched as the youma fell on it's back with a hole in it's forehead. Neptune, Saturn, and Uranus all looked to see where they heard the gunshot, and saw Serena standing there with a gun in her hand. "Serenity-hime?" Neptune asked as she saw Serena smirk at the youma and then looked to them.

"Koneko?" Uranus asked, unaware how proficient Serena could use a gun, and then she glared at the man wearing a tuxedo. "What are you doing here?" She asked coldly as she bald up her fist and was walking over towards Tuxedo Mask and Serena.

"We felt the youma," Serena said as she knew it was a matter of time before the youma came back to life to attack. "He followed me and tried to make me stay at the arcade."

Uranus glared at her princess and asked, "Are you stupid? You shouldn't be out here and fighting a youma in your condition!"

"You expect me to sit on the sidelines?" Serena asked, getting upset that Uranus had to be the protective mother hen. "I can fight!" She took out her gun and shot the youma again in the head as she saw it begin to rise and looked at her scouts. "I suggest for you three to find a way to destroy the youma before I run out of bullets!"

Tuxedo Mask looked at her and asked, "Why don't you transform?"

Serena felt her heart stop as she looked back at him and mumbled, "I can't."

"What do you mean, you can't?" Tuxedo Mask asked as he looked at and then gasped, "Serena . . . I . . . why didn't you tell me?"

Serena smiled at him as she looked back to her three guardians. "Attack!" She commanded as she saw Neptune turn around and powered up her attack and released it as the youma began to stand while Uranus released her world shaking attack. "Damn it all to Hell!" Serena said as she saw their attacks only managed to weaken the youma. "I can't transform because I left Rei my brooch."

"Why?" Uranus asked.

"To let the others know that Rei would be the leader for the missions until I could get back." Serena said as she looked at the four people as she spoke up, "Besides, it's not like I could transform with it anyway."

"Silent Wall!" Saturn said as she quickly placed a barrier around them as the youma gained enough strength to release it's own attack as she heard Serena tell them she couldn't transform.

"What do you mean?" Uranus asked, already knowing the answer as she looked to Tuxedo Mask and glared.

"The last time I was here, none of my attacks worked, and the inner scouts along with my moon tiara attack combined destroyed the youma." She said as she hoped Darien and the others wouldn't remember what her transformation was caused from and what allowed her to attack.

"This is all your fault!" Uranus said angrily as she glared at Tuxedo Mask. "If you didn't back out of your duty, then she would be able to transform, and wouldn't be pregnant!"

"Uranus . . ." Neptune said as she saw Serena flinch at Uranus' harsh words.

"No, Neptune . . . he needs to realize what his actions have done! You ruined everything, you bastard!"

"I . . ."

Serena sunk to the ground and fell on her knees as she looked helplessly at her brooch while hearing the heated words Tuxedo Mask and Uranus were exchanging. "I'm still a screw up . . . no matter how hard I try . . ."

Saturn felt her shield was about to give as she yelled out, "GUYS! I need help!" She saw the hurt in Serena's eyes and heard what Serena said as she then yelled, "URANUS, shut the HELL up!" She then grunted as she felt her right foot slide back as she continued to hold the barrier. "Yes, Tuxedo Mask screwed up and I want to kill him for hurting Serena. This is not the time or place. Can't you see that even you're hurting her by your hateful words?"

Serena looked up at the youngest scout and smiled softly at her as she then looked up to see Neptune, Uranus, and Tuxedo Mask gaping at the twelve year-old for swearing. Serena took out her crystal as she silently thought, I just want to be able to transform and help my scouts . . . I want to show them that I'm not a screw up . . . I want . . . I want to be Sailor Moon! The crystal began to glow as it heard it's mistress' thoughts and then nestled into a golden heart-shaped brooch with a gold crystal on the outside supported by solid gold on the outer rim with two white wings. Serena gasped as she saw the brooch and touched the brooch carefully as she felt the power. Standing off the ground, she clutched the brooch and yelled, "Moon Eternal Power!" A white light bathed Serena as an upturn crescent moon appeared on her forehead as angel wings merged from her back, as her sailor fuku changed to a three layer skirt with the bottom layer blue, the middle layer red, and the top layer yellow. Her top stayed white as her bow turned had the brooch nestled by wings, as her collar stayed blue, as the sleeves to the uniform turned puffy and pink, as her elbow length gloves had red cuffs at the top and the bottom of her gloves had a red band with a crescent moon pointing to her fingers. Her boots changed from red to white with a red band and upturned crescent moon in the center. The upturned crescent moon stayed in the middle of her forehead with a feather like crown in her hair as the finishing touch was the red chocker with a pink heart and an upturned crescent moon in the center.

Eternal Sailor Moon opened her eyes and looked her new transformation over as she saw her once round stomach was smooth. "Sugoi . . ." she said as she felt a weight on her back and gasped as she saw wings. "Amazing . . ."

Uranus, Neptune, Saturn, and Tuxedo Mask all looked at Eternal Sailor Moon with shock and admiration as they saw her new transformation. Saturn yelling out, "I can't hold on much longer!"

Eternal Sailor Moon smiled softly at Neptune and spoke up, "I'm ready." She produced a red and white wand with an elegant garnet top as she looked to the youma and called out her attack, "Starlight honeymoon therapy kiss!" A pink light shot out from the wand and hit the youma in time as Saturn's silence wall gave way.

The small group watched as the light hit the youma, the youma fell to it's knees as it turned into a gardner with a flower appearing above the gardener's head as the flower blossom enclosed around a gold diamond and disappeared back into the gardener's body. They watched with wonderment and questions about the new enemy. Eternal Sailor Moon fell to her knees and transformed back into her civilian form from the energy drain as she looked at her scouts and Tuxedo Mask and spoke up, "I'm okay . . . just a little drained."

"Let's get you home, Koneko." Uranus said as she along with the others also transformed back into their civilian forms.

"Can we go back to the arcade? I'm actually hungry." Serena said as she allowed Amara to help her walk.

"You bet."

Serena smiled softly at her and then spoke up, "You need to apologize to Darien, Amara. It wasn't his fault that I couldn't transform."

"I'm not apologizing to him." Amara said with disgust as she felt guilty as she watched Serena look away with shame. "Koneko . . ."

"It's okay, Amara, I understand, but you also need to realize we'll need his help with this new enemy." Serena said as she felt she could walk by herself once more. She looked at Darien and smiled as she said, "I just hope Melanie will understand."

"She will." Darien said. The five of them all walked into the arcade as Serena walked to a booth and sat down across from Darien. "Hey." Darien said as Melanie sat down next to him while Amara and Michelle sat next to Serena, and Hotaru sat next to Melanie.

Melanie saw the exhaustion on Serena's face as she asked, "Are you okay, Serena?"

"Mhmm?" Serena said as she heard her name and then smiled at Melanie as she spoke up, "Yeah, just tired."

Andrew walked over and looked at Serena with concern as he asked, "You okay?"

"Yeah. Can I get three cheeseburgers, two chocolate shakes, two orders of fries, and an order of onion rings?" She said with a smile and then laughed as she asked, "What?"

"Nothing." Andrew said a he shook his head to put in the order for his friends.

"You never ate that much food," Darien commented as he watched Serena lay her head on the table again as he asked with concern, "Are you sure you're okay?"

"Yeah, I'm fine. Just didn't realize with the new transformation and protecting the baby I'd be so drained and hungry."

Melanie smiled at Serena as she spoke up, "Hey, I would probably order just as much if I was in your condition."

Serena smiled at her new friend as she asked, "Do you want to go shopping tomorrow?"

"I'll go with you as long as you're not too tired after today." Melanie answered as Andrew placed down their drinks and Serena's first chocolate shake. Melanie then smiled as she asked, "Have you decided on a name yet, for your baby?"

Michelle smiled softly at the friendship Serena and Melanie had as she saw Amara at ease with the conversation. Michelle looked at her and spoke up, "Perhaps tomorrow we can buy some baby things."

"We can throw her a baby shower!" Melanie said excitedly as she looked at Michelle who was smiling.

Serena smiled as she looked at them and shook her head as she spoke up, "I don't want a baby shower if Amy, Mina, Lita, and Rei can't be here. As for the name, no . . . I'm still trying to decide."

"How far along are you?" Melane asked.

"Five months."