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"No!" Serena yelled. "You're not going back to that evil murderous witch!" She then looked at Amy in panic and asked, "How are you not horrified by this?"
"I get his point of view. He wants to serve Darien. I would do the same for you."
"Since when did you decide to live in the past?" she asked, confused.
"I didn't. I would do anything for you, Serena. It has nothing to do with Serenity."
"But Zoisite doesn't know Darien now," she argued.
"But I remember Endymion," he said. "I willingly made vows I would never choose to break. That's not who I am."
"Not to rip off Shakespeare," Darien said and then pulled out one of his roses, "'but a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.' Does it matter what the other power's name is? Because of you, we know it exists. I feel you have already helped us."
Zoisite flushed under his praise. "I could still feed you more information."
"And you could accidentally infect yourself with too much dark energy and lose yourself again," Lita said. "Do you want to risk hurting Amy, Darien, Serena, or any of the rest of us?"
"No. But, I'm careful," he bragged.
"And so is Beryl." Raye asked, "Isn't she careful too? Couldn't she decide to infect you with more dark energy? What would you do then?"
Rick chuckled, "Face it, Zoisite, the girls don't want you going back."
"I've been wondering who the hell you are. What are you even doing here?" Zoisite said, with more confusion than anger.
Rick pointed at Molly and said, "She's been friends with the princess since they were six, and then when they were fourteen, they became friends with Amy and Lita. She's here because she's close to them. I'm here because I'm the lucky bastard in love with her. I have been able to figure out how the girls think, though, and they're going to fight you on this."
The sudden silence in the room got him to pause and look at everyone in confusion. "What did I say wrong? Should I not have said, `bastard'?"
"You love me?" Molly asked out so quietly he almost didn't hear the question.
She ignored Serena squealing in glee in the background. Darien had immediately wrapped his arms around his love. Then he eventually covered her mouth, finally ending the happy squealing. He knew she was itching to say something right now. He also knew Molly needed this moment.
Rick looked at Molly, and it dawned on him what he admitted. Instead of playing it off like it was nothing, he just nodded and said, "Yes. I love you, Molly. I have for a while now."
She smiled at him and, blushing, said, "I love you too."
"Since I assume Mina's point in having us all at the meeting was to prove she was right all along about Amy's soulmate, she doesn't need us here anymore. Let's go, Amy."
Molly leaped up and joined Rick. She looked at Zoisite and said, "Hurt Amy, and I don't care who you are or what your powers are; I'll figure out how to kill you." They then exited the room.
Serena was beaming despite the death threat from Molly. "It's such a fantastic night!"
"Is Rick right? Are you all dead-set against me going back?" Zoisite asked. He wanted to be able to serve Darien well.
Mina shook her head, "I'm not, but I should be. I want you to go back in after Kunzite."
"You have a point there," Zoisite said. "He's acting funny. I think her hold on him is slipping."
Lita asked, "Why can't you just heal them all?"
"It's not like the way I used is very strong. I had to want to be healed. It was the only way it worked at all. Because of that, it was a long process. Now it's easier because I only allow a small amount of dark energy in me."
Raye shook her head, "That makes sense. But now that this soulmate thing is proving true, is Jadeite going to be okay? I only met him in one battle, but -" she stopped when she saw Zoisite shaking his head at her.
"You've met him before. He lived and worked at your shine for a while; you know him as Jed."
Her eyes grew wide. "That's why he disappeared? I turned him into a stone!"
"Who?" Lita asked.
"The guy who was sweet to me that I was starting to like." She turned, looked at Mina, and said, "It looks like Amy and I both owe you an apology!"
Mina smiled hugely and said, "No need. I just want you all to be happy."
Darien sighed out loud; he knew he would have to make the call, "One week, not a minute longer. Hear me? If you get drawn back into the darkness, I won't follow your suggestions anymore. We do need a plan to get Kunzite and Nephrite out of her control. If you happen to get the name of the bigger evil, then good, but that's not my priority. My priority is my men."
"Yes, Your Highness," he answered smiling. "One week. I won't stay under the darkness the whole time either."
Darien smirked and said, "I imagine you won't. I assume you'll be back to see Amy."
"Yes, I will be," he admitted readily.
Zoisite then looked at Amy and said, "Please move into the house I'm renting." He pulled out a key and handed it to her. "In a week, when I'm out, I want to come home to you."
She placed the key on her key chain and smiled up at him. "I'll be there waiting for you, my love."