A/N: I had an AMAZING time seeing Taylor on Saturday! We were in the pit and ALMOST got to touch her! I have some amazing pictures.

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Chapter 9: Future Fur Ball

"So Luna and Usagi were right," Ami said lightly, slightly caught up in her own thoughts. "The four of them, Mamoru's guardians, were reborn like the rest of us."

Mamoru and Usagi had met with Kunzite, Nephrite, Zoisite, and Jadeite earlier in the park, right after they helped themselves to a nice lunch at Mamoru's apartment. Usagi had stayed the night, it being a Friday, and agreed to meet the rest of her friends back at Rei's after they talked with the guardians. Rei had everyone stay at the temple in order to discuss the new enemy and keep themselves protected, since they had just transformed in front of her. There had really been no other choice, as if they tried to run to the bathroom to transform, she would have chased them down after knowing they were the only other ones in the Arcade at that time.

"Of course I was right, Ami!" Usagi yelped, making her presence known. Today, she seemed very bubbly, but slightly less like the Princess and more like the loud, clumsy Usagi the girls were used to.

Luna let out a loud sigh, her head drooping. She spent the night with Artemis and the girls instead of Mamoru and Usagi after Mamoru told her she would take care of Usagi and bring her over in the morning. She sat next to Usagi, who was sitting with Mamoru on a nice, fluffy cushion at the end of their usual study table. Rei's place was so accustomed to Japanese culture, and Usagi sometimes liked that more than the American-ized seating arrangements places like the Arcade had. It seemed more intimate or private, and suited these difficult discussions much better than anywhere else.

Settling down a little, Usagi continued her reply to the girls and Mamoru. She retold them everything she had learned of during their discussion that morning with the four men. "They didn't bother to come find us because in their minds, Endymion...Mamoru...didn't need them because there was no enemy. When we first started out," she told them, reminiscing about Luna first telling her she was a Sailor Senshi, "we had no clue we were Senshi. Then we remembered everything. They didn't remember until there was a threat, either."

"But guys," now Usagi sounded urgent and she looked them all in the eye. "They don't remember a thing about Beryl and the Dark Kingdom."

"But Usagi," Makoto piped up, confused. "Luna came and found you to tell you that you were Sailor Moon. We didn't tell them!"

Scratching her head, Usagi became very nervous. There was a little detail she wasn't telling them yet, simply because Minako had gone out with Artemis, and Usagi felt they should be here for it. It looked like she didn't have much more time to wait, though, so she decided to tell them without the two. Reaching for her bag, she put it on her lap and smiled down at Luna, who was listening intently.

Then, the audience became deathly silent as they heard a familiar, high pitched, muffled voice coming from the bag.

"Am I supposed to pop out now?" the voice called, sounding unsure.

Suddenly, a little gray head peered out from the opening in the bag and scanned the room to gather her surroundings. When her eyes finally stopped on Luna, they became wide and she leaped out of the bag and onto the table, her little bell ringing fiercely all the way.

"Mama Luna!" she cooed, happily greeting the black cat sitting at the edge of the table.

"Diana!" Luna purred, rushing up to touch her nose to her future daughter's nose. "What on Earth are you doing here?! Usagi, why didn't you say something instead of keeping her in there all this time!" Luna was now slightly irritated with Usagi, but the girls all knew she was just overwhelmed. She really didn't think she would see Diana again, especially since she and Chibiusa had left for what they thought was good.

Purring, Diana looked around the room once again and finished Usagi's tale. "Serenity sent me from the future to warn them," she said boldly, proud to have accomplished her goal so easily. "She knew they would be necessary soon, and that none of you would know how to awaken them properly."

"Usagi," Rei stated in her fiery, slightly condescending voice. "They fought against us! And you expect me to believe they're all good now, and don't even remember a bit of that?!" She crossed her arms against her chest, leaning slightly back on her cushion.

Usagi knew it would be hard convincing them of this, but not this hard. She didn't really have an answer though, so she hoped Diana would be enough of one.

"Rei-chan!" Diana protested, upset that she wasn't believing Usagi. "Really, they were never bad people. They have always been Endymion's guardians, even in the future."

"Future?!" All at once, Makoto, Rei, and Ami all asked at once. Usually, the girls responded in a big group like this, since they were used to shocking news by now.

Usagi nodded her head once, smiling at the small, gray cat. "Yes, they're here for good this time. Crystal Tokyo isn't too far off now. Guys, I couldn't transform without Mamoru. Kunzite told us it's because I'm starting to become Serenity, and I need my Prince to protect me."

All of this news seemed too overwhelming for them, as the girls were all silent. Usagi was starting to get ticked since Mamoru didn't want to help in telling this story, but she was glad to have Diana at least to back her up. She just hoped Artemis would get back soon with Minako so they didn't have to explain everything all over again. If that were the case, she decided to herself that Mamoru could do it instead.

"Where's Chibiusa, Diana?" Ami asked sweetly, wanting to talk about something more easy going than that.

"She's not allowed to travel back," Diana answered sadly, obviously missing her Princess quite a bit. "Neo Queen Serenity forbids her to travel anymore."

"You came by yourself?!" Luna yelped, horrified that her future daughter came alone and risked getting lost or hurt in the time gate.

"No," Diana said, shaking her head. "Pluto traveled with me from the time door. Serenity allowed it just this once because Small Lady was too worried that I would be hurt somehow."

"Usagi!" Luna growled, furious. She turned on Usagi, climbing into her lap and glaring at her with her big eyes. "Why would you ever forbid Chibiusa to travel with her! You know I would worry about her too much!"

"Ah, don't look at me, Luna!" Usagi whined, scooting back against the wall. "I'm not the Queen yet, you know!"

"Luna, Usagi didn't do anything wrong," Ami said, her voice still calm. Her eyes looked wistful; she must have been thinking about the future, like the rest of them. "I wonder why Chibiusa wasn't allowed to come."

Diana dipped her head and chuckled softly. "Small Lady can't cross into this time anymore because she will exist here very soon, in the correct time."

"What?!" Usagi was ready to pass out. Chibiusa?! she thought, completely terrified. Soon?!

"In the correct time? Like as in Usagi's going to have a baby?!" Rei couldn't believe her ears; she didn't picture Usagi as a mother at all, especially not now. She would have to mature more before Chibiusa came, wouldn't she? she thought. "Usagi isn't even doing that with Mamoru yet, Diana!" she said mater-of-factly. The girls all assumed the two were, but none of them knew for sure, so they pretended that they weren't, just in case.

"Um, well," Usagi began, putting her hand on her cheek as her face became red with embarrassment.

"What?!" Once again, everyone in the room was eager to figure out what in the world was going on.

Mamoru sat, silent, his face buried in his hands, as he listened to Usagi spill the news, knowing this would be his life for at least the next hour.

"We kinda had some alone time last night," Usagi whispered, looking off to the side at the ground. "But that was it, I swear!"