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Chapter Eight – Once a long time ago

They had once loved each other so deeply that the whole universe would stand in awe. Their love broke boundaries and surpassed every obstacle. Their love eventually started a war that killed them. They found each other again and their love story continued. It was meant to last for a lifetime. Now their love turned into confusion and then anger at what could have, should have been.

He sat on his throne meditating, focussing his anger into a calmness that captured his whole being. It was the second year of Crystal Tokyo and it was the year King Endymion was going to make history. He had planned his attack carefully making sure that he would get his prize. He knew that the people of the Moon expected him to attack but he had made them wait in suspense.

His golden crystal had taken on a black aura. It was no longer a golden colour. Elysion had lost its lustre as King Endymions heart had finally turned dark. Helios looked around at his beloved home and wanted to weep for it. All the beautiful trees and flowers wilted and rotted. Deciding to try and reach the moon to warn them of the upcoming attack he pushed his right hand into his pocket and pulled out a small ball of light.

'Not all of the golden crystal will be contaminated with your darkness King Endymion, I will give it to someone more worthy now….' Helios put the small golden light back into his pocket and started to walk away from the temple of Elysion.

'I guess I'll be seeing Chibiusa sooner than I thought'.

A darkness had filled the earth now and Serenity could feel it. Every now and again she wondered if she should attempt to see Endymion. She sat in her throne room which was filled with light and was airy. Still dressed in her regal gown she pondered on what to wear for their outing. Tatsuo had suggested a picnic. He wanted everyone to get together.

'I think we need some time to just relax. With everything that is going on I just thought why not have a picnic together?' Serenity agreed with him.

Now that picnic didn't look like it was going to happen. A youma had been spotted on the moon which had never happened before, not since the Silver Millennium anyway. Pluto came across it and used her dead scream attack instantly destroying it. Serenity believed that the youma was only sent as a warning. Something bigger was being played here.

The moon had become tense. They all felt on edge wondering what the King of the earth was going to do. Since Violet had come Tatsuo had two people he wanted to protect. He had fallen in love with Serenity. He didn't care that he was another version of Endymion and that his feelings would always be strong for her. All he cared about were the present emotions he had. He just didn't know how to tell Serenity.

Towards the evening Tatsuo made a promise to himself that he was going to tell her. He asked for her company at dinner, just them two. Serenity saw nothing wrong in it. He couldn't help but notice the slight blush that arose in her cheeks. He decided to wear a black tuxedo style suit knowing that he looked like Tuxedo mask from descriptions he had been given. He shuddered thinking about it trying to decide whether he should change. As he walked down a long thin hallway he kept thinking about what he was going to say.

Serenity had chosen a small dining room there were candles lit and there she sat in a plain cream gown with a shawl. She got up when he walked in and gasped.

'I'm sorry, I knew I should've changed, it was thoughtless of me….' Serenity sighed and motioned for him to sit.

'No, its fine….you should be able to dress how you want Tatsuo-san'. Tatsuo smiled not liking the formality. They had salmon with salad served to them and a bottle of red wine. They made small conversation about Violet, the Senshi and Shitennou romance and even talking about the gardens and Tatsuo's ideas of redesigning it to keep it fresh. They soon found time running away from them as they were comfortable with each other.

Suddenly a green human like youma came in the room. It was a male youma with huge muscles. It zoned in on Serenity as she screamed out. Tatsuo got up and placed himself in front of her. The youma smirked and sent out electricity hitting Tatsuo in his chest. He buckled over trying to keep himself up.

'Tatsu-chan!' he could hear the anxiety and fear in her voice. She was not prepared for this. The moon had become her home, her sanctuary. It had also become his home and he was not about to let this beast ruin it. Tatsuo steadily got himself up and focussed his energy. Breathing in and out he summoned his golden sword. Power permeated his very being as he felt he was getting stronger. By then the Shitennou and Senshi had arrived but stopped as they saw Tatsuo transform into his black armoured uniform and red cape. A golden crown that was designed as a headband appeared on his head and when he opened his eyes they were no longer blue but a golden colour. The youma had clearly not expected this. Tatsuo raised his sword in the air and then instantly with intense speed brought it down sending a flash of gold light towards the youma. The light crashed into the youma and disintegrated it.

He placed his sword on his side and turned to face Serenity. Tatsuo was now Endymion and he looked like a God. He was pure power and strength now. He held out his hand to Serenity. She took it and was lifted up as if she weighed nothing.

'Are you alright?' Tatsuo looked at her with concern. Serenity held on to Tatsuo and cried. He stroked her hair and indicated for the others to leave. Tatsuo knew Usagi wouldn't want them to see her like this.

They knew that war had been declared. None of them thought it would come to this. Once they had all been friends thinking they had their whole futures ahead of them. Now those dreams were gone. Helios had arrived and asked for an audience with Serenity. She agreed and they spoke. It was a private conversation as Helios had many things to explain to her, especially the last remaining light of the golden crystal. King Endymion didn't know that he didn't have all the power of the crystal. He would soon find out.

They prepared for teleportation to the earth. All the Senshi were there with the Shitennou. It was time to end this once and for all. The attack on the Queen was the last straw. Violet was to stay back with Chibiusa and Naru. The Queen had argued that she was to come and fight with them. She knew she was no longer able to change into Sailor Moon but that didn't mean she couldn't help.

Before they left Tatsuo went into the nursery to finally see Chibiusa. He had seen her in passing glances but never up close. She was in her crib with Naru watching over her. Naru looked up at Tatsuo and smiled warmly at him.

'Go on, it's about time you met her' Tatsuo gulped as he started to walk up to the crib. He could see her head full of pink hair bouncing up and down as she was shaking a rattle. She looked up and stared at Tatsuo. There was silence and for those few moments Tatsuo considered a quick escape before she started to cry. As he walked back Chibiusa noticed and stretched out her arms to him. She wanted him to pick her up.

Tatsuo hesitated at first and then gathering up courage he went and picked her up. She giggled in his arms and started to play with the buttons on his shirt.

'You are cute little one' she gurgled and giggled while Tatsuo spoke to her in a soft voice. He finally felt he was part of a family now and had more to fight for.

Tatsuo had those images running in his mind as they prepared to leave for earth. He had spent that morning meditating with Jadeite focussing his energy. He pondered on how he had spent a lot of time with the Shitennou. He had watched Jadeite spend time with Rei as she recovered. Her bravery earnt the respect of the Senshi again and for this fight Serenity had given her pen back. Rei turned into Sailor Mars and pledged her allegiance to her Queen. Serenity had made it a priority that they get Rei's son back safely. Kunzite and Nephrite spent time with Tatsuo training him in sword fighting but they soon found out that he didn't need much training, he was a skilled fighter already and would clearly be a match for anybody.

'I thought I would need to train you to use your sword but seems as though we were also good trainers in your time' Nephrite smirked.

'And you don't need to study much as you seem to know most things already, you had a good teacher, not surprising because it was another version of me, not sure what you could've learnt of Jadeite….' Jadeite smacked the back of Zoisites head for that comment. Tatsuo laughed at their antics.

'You know sneaking up behind someone is a cheap shot' Jadeite smirked at Zoisite.

'You know all about cheap shots' Zoisite gritted his teeth.

'Come on, that's enough' Tatsuo slumped to the floor next to Kunzite.

'Please let them carry on, it's funny watching the two children fighting' Zoisite and Jadeite both turned to the now laughing Nephrite.

'You thinking what I am thinking?' Jadeite raised an eyebrow at Zoisite.

'He'll kill us afterwards' Zoisite shrugged his shoulders.

'He can try' Zoisite and Jadeite turned their attentions to Nephrite who was still laughing. They approached him slowly.

'Should we warn him?' Tatsuo knew this didn't look good.

'No, he had this coming' Kunzite smirked. Nephrite stopped laughing and before he could do anything Zoisite and Jadeite jumped on him. Jadeite then made a scissors appear in his hand and waved it in front of Nephrite.

'Look what I have' Nephrite gulped.

'You wouldn't dare…..'

'I'm thinking a bob may suit him, you know with a straight fridge, hmmmm what do you think Jadeite?' Zoisite smirked evily.

'Sounds good, or we could just make him bald' Jadeite pushed the scissors closer and closer to Nephrites hair.

'We could hold his hair as a ransom!' Nephrite wanted to pass out.

'NO!' Nephrite screamed trying to get them off him. Kunzite and Tatsuo both looked at each other and then burst out laughing.

'Well, this is it guys' Serenity sounded like the old Usagi again. The inner and outer senshi smiled at their Queen.

'We never thought this would happen. I know that we had high hopes for our futures but this is the future we have. We have a chance to build the future we want. The Moon Kingdom needs us and the Earth needs us. So we must fight with everything we have to bring peace. We have the hope that we will not lose everything we love. I do have hope that we can have the future we all desire so don't be afraid. We are all in this together, you are all my friends and I feel privileged to have had you all in my life' Serenity smiled warmly at them all. She loved each and every one of them. Tatsuo stood beside her and took her hand.

'I feel honoured to fight beside all of you. We are on the verge of a new future, let us fight with everything we have and win this battle' they all cheered.

King Endymion had an army of youma led by Motoki waiting for them. He was ready to end them all.


Hi guys, so back with another update and I will update again tomorrow and the final update will hopefully be Friday.

I had another guest review and will answer the questions as best I can here.

Mamoru spent time with Rei as a solace from his own insecurities and I think you can fall pregnant after a couple of weeks because he slept with her more than once. The next ruler of the earth is revealed in the last chapter :)

Usagi left the earth pregnant so when she went to the moon she rebuilt it while awaiting the birth of Chibiusa and also she needed time to think about her situation. I wanted to play with the idea that Serenity and Endymion were always meant to be together no matter what universe or timeline, it was more of a what if and the idea that time is fragile and the fact that crystal Tokyo was meant to be formed through Endymion and Serenity.

I hope this helps.

I also want to thank all those who have favourite, followed and reviewed this story. You guys kept me going with this story :)

Will update soon xxx