A/N: On fire! Here is the bonus chapter as promised! I hope you all enjoy!

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The couple crossed the park to where the princess, Darien, and Sailor Mini-Moon were. The young prince had just pulled her to her feet and Mini-Moon stood by wordlessly, silently fretting over her in her mind. The five stared at each other for a moment without saying anything. Then Syrus spoke.

"Sailor Moon…thank you. Thank you for helping me to expel the anti-energy within me. And…I'm sorry for all the problems I caused. I never meant you or your friends any harm." He paused. "Well…I did mean them harm but in my right mind, I never meant them harm."

Princess Serenity nodded. "You need to be more careful. Serena cannot afford to be in such danger. If you endanger her again, I promise I will kill you." Then she shifted her head up toward the maskless Tuxedo Mask. "And the same goes for him. Make no mistake, I was going to kill you tonight. I had no intention of letting you live. Had it not been for Serena, I would have done away with you."

"Understood." He looked down at the small girl. "Sailor Mini-Moon….please forgive me for scaring you and threatening you. I would never hurt a child. I'm sorry for what I've done."

She nodded. "I believe you. If I hadn't seen that negative energy come out of you myself, I probably wouldn't have believed you…but Sailor Moon healed you…so yes. I accept your apology."

He smiled softly and gave her a small bow. "Thank you." Syrus then shifted his gaze to their male accomplice. "Darien."

"Syrus."

"I'm sure it won't mean much but I am sorry for all that happened here. I went over the top and even though I hate you, were it not for the anti-energy, I never would have tried to kill you. I don't expect you to accept my apology but I would like you to hear it."

Darien snorted. "Like I believe a word you have to say. I don't accept your apology, not after what you did to me, my friends, and this little girl." He looked down at Rini and carefully chose his words. "Serena…this guy is no good. He lapsed to his darker side once and there's no telling he won't do it again. You would be wise to stay away from him."

The young brother opened his mouth to argue but he was silenced by Serena placing her index fingers on his lips. He glanced down at her curiously. Without offering any explanation, she addressed him.

"You know Darien…I'm having a hard time understanding why you're so interested in me or my love life when you are clearly involved with Sailor Moon here." She motioned toward their now entwined hands. "I'm also curious as to why you want to have a say in my life. I'm pretty sure I told you that I wanted nothing to do with you."

"Serena—"

"—I hate you Darien. Hate. And the more I try to remember my past, the more ill feelings I remember feeling toward you. The more I think of what just happened here, the more I hate you."

"Serena!" Mini-Moon stared at her in shock. "You can't mean that! You and Darien love each other!"

The amnesiac rolled her eyes. "Great! She knows me too. Mind your business, kid." She looked back to Darien. "I'm sure you think I'm a cold, heartless bitch now and you're probably right. What I can't believe is that you just won't get it! You just won't accept the fact that I don't love you anymore!"

Darien turned his head. "I don't care if you love me or not anymore."

The princess' head snapped in his direction and Mini-Moon's eyes widened in astonishment.

"Oh really?"

"Really." He clenched his teeth and his fist as he fought to tell his lie. "It's like you've been saying…it's your life and I have no right to interfere. That doesn't mean I want to see you dead!"

"Oh for the love of God!"

"Sweets, enough now."

"Syrus?"

"The guy has a point. He's just worried about your safety. He doesn't want you getting hurt."

"And to make that happen, it looks like we're going to have to take you down once and for all!"

The group looked toward the direction of who had spoken. It was Sailor Uranus…and she was not alone. Showing signs of wear, tear, and fatigue, the other seven scouts stood faithfully behind her.

"Sailor Scouts! You're all okay!"

Jupiter smirked. "You bet, Mini-Moon! Takes more than a couple cheesy carnival games to kill us!"

Uranus glared angrily at the source of the problem. "This time, when I kick your ass, stay down!"

Syrus nodded slowly. "Actually, if I remember correctly, I kicked your ass. Maybe you should stay down."

She ran toward him in a fit of rage and jumped into the air. The scout drew her sword and prepared to attack. Syrus, in turn, summoned his sword and raised it defensively. They were about to connect when a sudden wind blasted the scout back.

"Sailor Uranus!" The girls ran to her side.

"What the shit?" Everyone turned to Syrus.

"Don't look at me! I gave up most of my dark powers." He shrugged. "I don't know where that came from."

"It came from me!" Orpheus phased himself in between the two groups.

"You again!" Venus exclaimed.

Syrus rubbed the bridge of his nose. "I knew it was too good to be true. Orpheus, what do you want?"

Orpheus approached his younger brother and folded his arms. "I knew it. I knew it all along! You lying, little bitch!"

"You knew what? That we told you that you weren't short to help your self-esteem?"

"I'm not short!" Orpheus gave him a fierce look although there was no denying that he was at least a head shorter than his sibling. "I knew you had been lying to us this whole time!"

"Lying about what? What are you talking about, Ore?"

"You have it! You've had it all along! You told us that you didn't have it but there's no denying it now!"

"Oh yeah? What is this? Another miscalculation on your part?"

"I know what I'm talking about!" He smirked. "You know how precise I can be!"

"No, I know how precise you used to be. Those damned anti-chambers—"

"—I don't have the time to listen to your nonsense! Hand it over!"

"Hand what over? You crazy fucker, what are you going on about?"

"The Sun Crystal! You have it!"

Everyone gasped but Syrus laughed. "You IDIOT! How many times have we been over this? What makes you think I have the crystal this time?"

"Isn't it obvious? The way you reacted to the anti-energy! You used to be able to handle it no problem! This time, you went drunk with power and nearly killed these people! I'm not saying that's bad, but the way you handled the energy…you should have been able to handle it is what I'm saying."

"Give me a break! Arista couldn't handle it which is the only reason I had it! And Arista had it, may I remind you, because YOU fucked up and nearly killed him! Why wouldn't the same thing that almost killed him affect me?"

Orpheus grinned. "How quickly you forget! Troy told me that you have the ability to absorb and move energy."

Syrus raised an eyebrow. "So what?"

"Because of that, you should have been able to handle the energy without a problem…but you did run into a problem, didn't you?"

"Orpheus, I swear I will kill you if you don't make a point."

"Troy said that over time, it took more and more anti-energy just to sustain you and your powers. If that's true, after months without anti-energy, your body should have either welcomed the energy or rejected it…resulting in your death."

Syrus swallowed nervously. "What are you saying?"

His brother's smile grew more twisted. "I'm saying that it was the Sun Crystal that's been keeping you alive all this time. You went crazy when you received that power from Arista because the crystal rejected it."

"How did you come up with that theory?" he asked, his body inexplicably filling with panic.

"I've been piecing it together…looking at the facts. You should be dead, Syrus. Dead. And yet, here you are!"

"You're crazy!"

"It's true, isn't it? You have the Sun Crystal!"

"I don't! I told you I didn't know where it was!"

Orpheus raised his hand, preparing an attack. "Prepare yourself, brother! If you won't hand over the Sun Crystal peacefully, I will take it from you!"

Syrus pushed Serena behind him with one hand and held his weapon with the other. "Like I told you all before, I don't have the Sun Crystal! But if it's a fight you want, you'll get one!"

"That's what I thought!" Dark beams of light came to his hand and a ball formed around his fist. Orpheus raised his hand to throw an attack but was stopped by yet another voice.

"Orpheus! Stop!"

Arista phased in, entering just between his brothers.

"Arista? What are you doing here?"

He turned to Syrus. "Troy put me in charge of Orpheus."

Syrus made a face like he was about to laugh but then he shook his head. "Sucks."

"Tell me about it."

"I'm right here you know! And I'm tired of being treated like a child!" An aura of dark energy surrounded his body as he fumed.

"Oh settle down before you hurt yourself…or before I do it for you."

Orpheus threw his energy attack at Syrus. "You bitch!"

Syrus' eyes widened as the attack approached. Arista stood before him and swatted it away with his hand. "Orpheus! Enough! What are you even doing here? This is a direct violation of our orders!"

"Fuck our orders! This is important!"

"What orders?"

The redhead turned to the youngest brother. "Troy has ordered us to stop pursuing you and your little girlfriend." He looked past Syrus to Serena. "You know Troy; a promise is a promise." He turned back to Orpheus. "So again I ask you, what are you doing here?"

"Arista! Syrus has the Sun Crystal!"

"What?" Arista stared at him in utter disbelief. "Syrus! Is this true?"

"Of course not! Who are you gonna believe? Me or the brother who almost killed you?"

"You're a traitor!" Orpheus spat. "Arista, I know he has the Sun Crystal!"

"What proof do you have?"

"Glad you asked! Syrus should be dead."

"What?"

"He should be dead. Troy told us that it took a lot of anti-energy to sustain Syrus when he was with us. If that be the case, he should have been able to handle the energy when he took it in. You sensed it, right?"

Arista nodded. "I did sense your energy had returned to what it once had been and then some," he told Syrus. "Your energy was…amazing. It was like you were on level with Troy. It did prove to be too much for you though…Orpheus! Why are you here?"

"His body rejected the energy!" he quickly interjected. "And after all these months without the large amounts of energy necessary to maintain him, he hasn't died. The only explanation is that he's using the Sun Crystal to sustain himself!"

The middle brother raised an eyebrow. "That would make sense…," he said slowly.

"Arista! You can't seriously believe him!"

"Syrus, we have our orders not to attack you but for the first time in a long time, Orpheus is making sense."

"What?"

"Is it true? Do you have the Sun Crystal?"

"No! How many times do I have to tell you all that?" He felt his body getting hot with anger. "I told you before that I didn't have it and I still don't!"

"True, but before, you were trying to get us to stop using the power of the Anti-Crystal. If you had it then, you could have been lying to us in order to keep the Crystal for yourself…perhaps you were trying to infuse its power with that of the Anti-Crystal. Now that you're away from it, it probably purified itself as you did the same."

"Arista!"

"You are the family traitor after all! How do I know you're not trying to trick us?"

Syrus smacked his head again. "You can't be serious! Why would I have wanted to trick you? Back then, we were on the same page! I never wanted to go against you!"

Arista stood next to Orpheus. "You may be onto something about Syrus," he told his brother, "but we can't attack him. We'll need to discuss this with Troy first."

"Fine."

"You guys are paranoid! Phoebe is using you! That crystal of hers will be the death of you all!"

"Prepare yourself, Syrus. We'll be back and we will get that crystal." The two of them phased out.

As soon as they were gone, Serena took Syrus' arm. "Sun? You okay?"

The young man clenched his fists angrily. "Orpheus! That bitch!" His aura of orangey-white light began to flare around his body. "He makes me so mad!"

They all stared at him silently. Was he about to do some kind of attack? They prepared themselves.

"Sunny." She gave his arm a tug. "Let's get out of here. Come on."

He looked down at her and the air around him gradually returned to normal. He nodded.

"You can't go with him!" Sailor Uranus declared. "He's evil!"

Serena held up her hand. "I don't want to hear another word!"

Sailor Neptune took a tentative step forward. "Serena…please. You have to understand that we're only trying to protect you!"

"Who asked to be protected? I want all of you to leave me alone!"

Uranus had had enough. "Serena. If you won't stay away from him willingly, then I'll take you regardless!" She grabbed Serena's arm and pulled the girl close to her body. Then she lifted her up and slung her over her shoulder.

"Let me go!"

"No!"

Syrus stepped toward her. "Put her down!"

Sailor Jupiter and Sailor Neptune stepped before the pair. "If you touch her, the last thing you'll remember seeing is my fist to your face!"

"Put me down!"

The tangerine haired brother's eyes widened. "You really ought to put her down. You're really upsetting her."

The girls looked to Serena but all they saw was her kicking and screaming. "Don't try and make us change our minds!" Mars told him. "We're taking her where she can be safe."

As they argued, the princess turned to Darien. "Endymion?"

"Yes?"

"I'm not feeling well." They spoke low enough so that no one else could hear them.

"Let me go!"

Mercury tried her hand. "Serena, we know this is a little unorthodox but we really are trying to protect you!"

"You guys are making things worse for her!"

Sailor Venus glared at him. "You're the one who did this! You're the one who hurt her! It's because of you that we have to do this!"

"No, you don't understand…I have the ability to perceive energy. Serena is—"

"Agh!" The princess let out a cry that surprised all of them. She held her stomach and grabbed at her chest.

"Princess!"

"Sailor Moon!"

"Serenity!"

She huffed as she fell to her knees. "It's like I'm on fire! I can't breathe!"

Darien knelt by her side. "What's happening?"

"Put me down!"

"I can't…I can't…!"

Mini-Moon got down next to her. "Are you okay? Sailor Moon, what's happening?"

The princess started coughing. "Ah…ahh!"

"Let me go!"

"Put Serena down!"

"So she can go with you? Not a chance!"

"What's going on with Sailor Moon?" Sailor Pluto queried, noticing that the princess was now coughing up blood.

"You guys, she's really upset…you don't know that she'll—"

"LET ME GO!"

A flash of light erupted from the girl. Sailor Uranus and the others were knocked to the ground.

Sailor Saturn looked up at her uncertainly. "Serena?"

An aura of white light was emanating from the dark haired girl. Syrus recognized at once what had happened. Her eyes held a crazed look which her hair accented by floating up around her. She had gone into a state of attack, just like she had when Orpheus threatened her the first time. Now that she felt threatened by everyone surrounding her, there was no telling what kind of power she would produce.

Serena walked solemnly over to Sailor Uranus, who was still on the ground. "You've been on my back since day one," she told the dark-blonde in an unforgiving tone. "I told you to leave me alone over and over again, but you didn't listen. Then you threatened the man I love and you tried to fight him. Now, I'll make you pay for that." She lifted her hand up and aimed it at the scout. A white ball of energy began to take shape.

"Serena! Think about what you're doing!"

"Oh, I thought about it!"

"Serena! Stop!" Syrus rushed to her side. "This is crazy! Leave them alone!"

She didn't answer. Her eyes were focused and unrelenting. The girl didn't even acknowledge having heard the young man.

"Are you happy?" he shouted. "This is what I was trying to tell you! It's hard to get through to her when she gets this way!"

Sailor Mercury's eyes enlarged. "She's done this before?"

"Sweets, come on! Are they really worth it?"

Without answering, the girl let go of her attack. Sailor Uranus stared at it in a state of shock and fear. Her leader, her princess, was choosing to end her life. Did she have a right to defend herself?

"Haruka!" Sailor Neptune jumped before her. "Neptune Crystal Power!" Casting all of her power, Neptune fired an attack to counter Serena's. The two clashed and a bright light erupted. When they could finally see, Sailor Neptune lay limp on Sailor Uranus' body.

"Michelle? Michelle! Michelle! No!" She took hold of her mate's shoulders and shook her. "Wake up!" Uranus buried her face in her neck.

Jupiter bit her lip. "Is she…is she…?"

Uranus shook her head without lifting it. "No. She's alive."

"Shit. Serena! Stop it!" Syrus grabbed her arm. "This is insane!"

She pulled her arm back and looked to the rest of them. Save for Uranus and Neptune, they were on their feet. "You have all threatened me and the one I love. You all must pay!"

Sailor Venus shook her head. "Serena, that's not true! We were just trying to protect you!"

"What do we do?" Sailor Pluto asked. "She's got everything twisted in her mind! She thinks we're the enemy."

"We couldn't seriously fight her," Mars responded. "We just couldn't!"

"Serena! Please don't!" The young woman turned and met Mini-Moon's eyes. "Please no more fighting!"

She looked at the girl and then looked to Darien who was clinging to the princess. He looked up and met her eyes. While hers seemed somewhat eccentric, his eyes were filled with fatigue and defeat. She approached him.

"Tuxedo Mask…Darien…you've caused me enough heartache. If the end of something is going to take place tonight, you're going to be the one to find out what that is." She lifted her hand at him. "I hate you."

The princess looked up at her weakly. She was on her knees with Darien holding her up as she struggled to catch her breath. She couldn't allow this to happen.

Her prince stared up at her. 'At this rate, maybe this is what I deserve,' he thought to himself. 'I can't make her happy and she hates me so much she wants me dead. I know we've had our problems but I don't think I can live in a world without her. I can't.' His eyes began to tear. 'Oh Bun…'

A white ball began to form in her hands again. Could anything stop her?

"Serena!" Syrus lunged at the amnesiac and grabbed her. "Enough! Come on! You made your point! Come on back, Sweets! Come on, it'll be okay! I promise! Hey!" He turned her body so that her eyes would meet his. "Remember when I promised to protect you from my brothers? I did, didn't I? Trust me on this too. No one will get to you…get to us. Come on back!" He tightened his grip on her. "Come on back!"

Then, bit by bit, the girl's power started to die down. Her hair fell back into place and they could all see the white energy around her disappear. She closed her eyes and fell forward into Syrus' arms.

"I got you." With a sweeping motion, he scooped her up into his arms. "Wake up, Sweets. Open your eyes now." He shook her gently. "Come on Moon, get up."

And just like before, she opened her eyes once more. "Syrus?" She looked around at what she could see. "It happened again, didn't it?"

He nodded. "It did, but it's okay."

"I remember."

"How do you feel?"

"A little light-headed…and I think my head hurts."

The princess stood up. She was looking better than she had moments ago. The color had returned to her face and her breathing was back to normal. It was as if nothing had happened. Without a word, the scout walked to where Uranus and Neptune were.

Uranus looked up at her with the look of helplessness etched into her features. Her face seemed to be telling her master that things were not supposed to be the way that they were turning out. It wasn't supposed to be this hard, was it? She couldn't explain it, but somehow she felt that the princess knew the heartache that was running through her.

The blonde, pig-tailed scout dropped to her knees and took Neptune's hand in hers. Still without a sound, she closed her eyes and exhaled. A pinkish-white light emanated from her hand to Neptune's. A moment later, the scout opened her eyes.

"Uranus?"

"Oh Michelle! Thank God!" She clutched her tightly. "Thank you, Sailor Moon!"

"Thank you, Princess!"

She nodded and then got to her feet. She and Serena stared at each other. The princess felt like she had a lot to say but she didn't know what to say that could properly convey her feelings.

Darien was on his feet now too. He was standing next to Mini-Moon who was holding his hand. "I guess we're even now," Darien told Syrus.

"Guess so." He let Serena down and the girl promptly swayed. Syrus put an arm around her waist and steadied her. "You okay?"

"Y-yeah." Her vision began to blur and she began to feel dizzy. "Listen, Sy. There's something I have to tell you…about my accident."

Syrus' eyes widened. "What is it?"

"It's the whole reason I came looking for you in the first place!" Without warning, she began to cough violently. She hunched over and dropped to her knees.

"Serena!" The girls stepped closer toward her.

"Hey now," Syrus crouched down next to her. "Serena!"

The girl coughed and coughed. A pool of blood formed just beneath her. Her body began to shake and she started sweating. When she finally stopped coughing, her body collapsed into Syrus' arms.

"I'm taking you to the hospital right now!"

Serena shook her head. "No! You have to know!"

"It can wait!"

"No!" Everyone turned to the princess. "Let her speak. What were you going to tell him? About the accident?"

"She damn near coughed a lung out! Is this really important?"

"Yes!"

The girl sucked in a deep breath. She looked up and saw Syrus' face going in and out of focus. "It was her," she whispered. The girl could feel herself blacking out.

"Who her?"

"Phoebe."

"Did she say Phoebe?" Sailor Venus crouched down in front of her. "Did you say Phoebe?"

"Sweets? Come on, what'd you say?"

She opened her mouth again but no words came out. Instead, she closed her eyes, finally unconscious.

"What happened to her?" Mercury asked.

Syrus shook his head. "She's been sick for a while." He picked her up and then stood, his eyes meeting all of theirs. "But you all knew that…didn't you?"

"How could we have known that?"

He rolled his eyes. "Give me a break, Sailor Jupiter…or should I say Lita? I am surprised to find you betraying Serena this way, but you're a Sailor Scout, so what can I say?" The girl turned her head. "And then rest of you, Amy, Mina, Raye…you two must be Haruka and Michelle." He glanced at the three remaining soldiers. "I'm not quite sure who you are, Pluto, Saturn, and Mini-Moon, but I'm sure you're all great friends, huh?"

"How do you know who we are?" Mars inquired.

"I didn't…at first. When I had all that anti-energy inside me, my abilities heightened back to where they once were and then some. The second I saw you, I automatically matched your energies to your faces."

The princess nodded. "And can your brothers do this as well?"

He shook his head again. "No…well, Troy probably could. But he doesn't even know you all. The only thing he knows about you is that you all stand in his way." The young man stared at the scout. "I know your energy too, Sailor Moon."

"What?"

"I know you have the Silver Crystal."

"Do I?"

"I can't explain why but your energy…it feels just like Serena's."

"What are you going to do with her?"

Syrus looked down at the girl in his arms. "I'm taking her to get her medication."

The princess shook her head. "You realize that her problem is not physical. Serena is not going to get better with some drugs."

"You think I don't know that? I'm with her all the time! I know her problem isn't something that can be fixed with some drugs! They seem to help though and I just…I don't know what else to do."

"Maybe it's time you let us take care of her," she told him calmly.

He arched his eyebrows. "I'd sooner die than hand her over to the likes of him. Besides, she's already said that she doesn't want to be near any of you. How do you think she'd react when she woke up and found herself surrounded by people she hates?"

Sailor Pluto shook her head. "The important thing is that she'd be alive."

"I can keep her alive!"

"How the fuck do you plan to do that?" Uranus demanded. "So far, she's been nearly kidnapped on more than one occasion, she ran away from home, she's been sick, put in the middle of conflict between you and your psycho brothers, and not to mention her relationship with the real man she loves! You haven't been able to keep her safe yet!"

"Okay then, bad attitude, what is your solution?"

"Give her to us," Neptune told him. "Let us protect her…the way that you can't."

He glared at her. "You can't be serious! You're not serious!"

"You just gave up all your power," Sailor Mars reminded him. "How are you going to protect her?"

"First off, I didn't give up all my power…I kept some dark energy in order to stay alive."

"Your brother was right; you are a lying bitch!"

"Sailor Uranus, do yourself a favor and shove all that self-righteous shit. That's not the only reason I kept some of the energy. I did it so that I could monitor my brothers' whereabouts. If worse comes to worse and I do have to fight them in battle, I can easily take any energy I need from them."

Darien stepped forward. "I think it's time you did the right thing and gave her to us. No matter what you do, you can't protect her."

Syrus shifted Serena in his arms. "You don't get it, do you? Serena does not like you!" He began to enunciate each of his words, speaking slowly as he did this. "Serena cannot stand you! Serena does not want you to look at her much less to touch her! How would me giving her to you change that?"

Sailor Saturn spoke up. "He can protect her! He's done so many, many times…way before you came into the picture!"

He kept his eyes on the prince. "She would rather run headfirst into danger than stay with you. And she's done so many times before. I will not, will not betray her by subjecting her to the likes of you against her will!"

"Please!" It was Mini-Moon's turn to speak now. "Please don't take her away! I'm not sure what's happening or why, but I know Serena. If she could remember, this is what she would want! Let her go with Darien!"

"What you all don't seem to understand is that she's with me of her own freewill. I'm not keeping her prisoner or forcing her to be with me." He looked down at her. "If she woke up and said she wanted to go back to Darren here, or go home, or to any of you, I would take her there in a heartbeat. But she doesn't. Every morning when I walk through that door, she's wearing one of my t-shirts, either sleeping or waiting for me with some kind of breakfast she's prepared. She kisses me and tells me she loves me. She tells me that she's glad I'm home and that she wouldn't want to be anywhere else. I'm fighting for her because this is what she wants. If she wakes up and tells me we're done and that she wants this back…I'll be upset but I won't argue with her. All I want is for her to be happy!"

"You are so full of bullshit!" Uranus pushed her way to where he was. With her eyes tearing, she begged him. "Give her back to us! That's all we want! We just want her back! You don't love her! Not the way we do! Not the way Darien does!"

The prince nodded. "Give her to us…or we will take her."

Syrus stepped back and bumped into Sailor Venus. He looked about and saw that he was surrounded.

"Hand her over." Darien advanced slowly toward him.

The young brother smirked. "Never." Then he phased out, Serena and all.

life705: Alright then guys, there's the other chapter as promised! What did you think? Does Syrus have the Sun Crystal or are his brothers paranoid? And what will happen to Serena? Hm...

Anyway, let me know what you guys think of these chapters! Please leave your questions, comments, concerns, rants, raves, opinions, or whatever! Thanks for reading :) Until next chapter!