By: Oreo596 Yay! My First Chapter! I hope you like it!~

Starting my continuation of the story: Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon, just an inspired fan writing.~

The Temple-

"What are we going to do guys? We're running out of time." Mina asked, sounding defeated with a worried tone.

"I don't know, but you're right. We're going to need to move fast. Has anyone heard from Darien since the arcade?" Asks Amy.

It had been hours since he had stormed out of the arcade. The girls hadn't heard from him and only assumed that at some point he would end up back in his apartment.

"No, I figured that he would need some time to cool off after what happened earlier." replied Rei.

- "Just got Reni to bed. She's still having a rough time with all this. Thanks for lending your room to her Rei." said Trista with a weary look on her face, matching the rest of the girls as she walked in.

"Of course." replied Rei. "I know that everyone wants to help Serena, and we need to pull all of our strength to get her back, but I think the best chance we have is Darien, and Reni. Serena loves all of us but their bond will most likely be the strongest to pull her out of this."

She looks up to her friends and they give a head nod in approval.

"We should head over to his apartment first thing in the morning to check on him and collaborate a plan. He needs to be prepared, we all need to be prepared…" mentioned Trista.

"In the meantime it's probably best that we all get some sleep. We'll need all we can get…" adds Michelle.

With all the girls (and cats…), in agreement, they got ready for bed and set up the sleeping bags that Rei got out for them and went to sleep.

Back at Darian's apartment, he paces back in forth, rummaging through things, getting everything ready for the battle that lies ahead. 'Whatever it takes' he says to himself 'I'll bring you back to us', as flashbacks of his memories wander through his mind.

'The first time laid eyes on you….'

***Flashback***

Walking down the sidewalk on the way to the local arcade he half hears a young girl's voice, " Awww, how can I tell mom I flunked test…!" tossing it over her head to continue walking. All of a sudden Darien notices a crumpled paper hitting his head, he takes it and unfolds it. "A 30?! Are you stupid or just incredibly lazy?" Oh, sor- Hey! How dare you! Give me that!" As she starts to walk away. "The nerve of that guy!" pauses to look back, "sure is cute though…"

***End flashback***

He smiles and chuckles to himself.

***Flashback***

"Darien…? Why are you interested in the the rainbow crystals? Whoops, I'm sorry, that's pretty nosey of me huh?" "I want to know who I am." "Huh?" "All my life I've never known who I was or where I came from. When I was a younger I was orphaned in a fatal car accident. I woke up not remembering who I was,…and i'm not even sure if my real name was Darien. I lived at an orphanage until I was old enough to get a job. Then I just kept having this reoccurring dream. This moon princess wants me to find her this imperial silver crystal. I think she can help tell me who I am... Anyways, thanks for listening meatball head." he concludes. "Hey! Don't start! You said you weren't going to call me that!? Remember?!… You do?" "Of course." sounding genuine. "Well I'm glad you told me. It must be hard not knowing who you are." she replies. "I get clues." … - "Look Darien! Fire!" He looks up to see a blaze shooting towards them. 'Oh no! I can't transform infront of Serena'

- "Oh, you're going down Zoicite!" Darien turns in shock to watch Serena. "Moon Prism Power!" ~ Staring in awe, "its her!, Serena's Sailor Moon!"~

***End flashback***

Finished with his preparations, Darien heads into his room. All he can do now is get a good nights sleep. He picks up the picture he took of Reni, Serena, and himself.

***Flashback***

(Arriving in the future) After Reni took off, the scouts followed trying to find her. As they come across a tiled path, someone walks towards them, hidden by the fog. Reaching the group he looks up, "I wasn't sure you would make it but welcome to 30th century Tokyo."

"Now I remember you! Your that terrible voice in my dreams!" sailor moon says.

Lunging to attack, "Who are you?!" Just as Tuxedo Mask attempts to attack the white cloaked man wearing a suit, he falls right through him.

"What is going on!" Rei asks shocked.

"Please I need to speak with you. They call me King of Earth." -turning to look at Darien, "You see, I am your future self Darien"

"My future self?" he repeats. A silent pause follows as his words sink in.

"But this doesn't make any sense. Why why would Darien from the future try to bust us up?! This doesn't make any sense!"

"Hold on Sailor Moon, I don't think he's real…" says Mercury

The king turns, "Right as always Sailor Mercury. This is just a projection of my real self. Now I will explain everything, come."

"Wait, Reni is still missing, we have to find her first."replies Sailor Moon.

"She's not missing, she's at my place." The king starts to lead them.

"Oh I don't like this…" says Sailor Moon.

"Yeah, but what if he really does have Reni?"adds Jupiter. "Good point." says Venus

- (fast forward to after learning about the attack on crystal Tokyo)

"Please help, our only hope was for Queen Serenity to use the crystal but sadly she has been put under the same sleep spell as the rest and the crystal has vanished." said the king.

This Queen Serenity that you speak of, who can youse the silver crystal. Could she, she be…"

The king answers Serena's question, "Yes, Queen Serenity is your future self Sailor Moon."

"What?! Im going to be Queen of the Earth?! And my first grade teacher said that I wouldn't make it out of grade school!"

Darien & Serena turn to look at each other. "Huh?!"

"There's more, Queen Serenity and I have a daughter. She is known as Small Lady."

"Wait, Reni?… this is too weird…" Serena exclaims.

Just then the floor opens up revealing a sleeping Reni. Serena steps forward and picks her up cradling her. "Are you okay Reni?"

The King, looking pleased, "Sailor Moon, Tuxedo mask, you should know that she is your daughter."

"What?!" looking back and forth at each other and Reni, they're faces all red. "No wonder this little brat irritates me so much. She takes after you!"

***End flashback***

Coming out of his thoughts and still holding onto the photo, he sets it back on the nightstand. His last thought before his head hit the pillow was, 'We'll be coming to save you Serena. Don't give up just yet.'

Hey guys, I just wanted to get something out there & tie into the story~ Please R&R, Thanks!