Hello everyone, this story is about Jupiter and her guardian from my original story Tides of Change. That means you may want to read my original story before this. But if you don't that's all right to. It just pretty much explains how Jupiter's guardian came to be for my story. I started writing this not too long ago and I thought I got a really great start on it. I've enjoyed writing it and I have had the best encouragement to continue. Thanks for reading and REVIEW PLEASE!!!!!!

Disclaimers: I don't own the Sailor Scouts and I don't think I ever will. But a thanx to Naeko for creating them!!!!!

Leaving off from the first chapter.....

Lita smiled and looked over at her best friend, Mina, who was looking at some books. That surprised her, her best friend never read books and she had never shown any interest either in reading them. She got up slowly and went over to her best friend quietly.

Mina was looking at the titles of the books none to interested in what she was seeing. She was really worried about what the test was going to be like. She was worried she hadn't prepared enough and she wouldn't be able to become a guardian. She was only twelve and she didn't quite understand the powers that she had been given not too long ago. She had confidence that everyone else would pass theirs with no problem and she would be the one stuck out of everything because she had no clue how to do anything with her powers. She sighed and ran her finger over a book and then looked at her finger and scowled at the dust that had come off the book from time and no one reading it.

As she did this however, Lita was creeping slowly up behind her. She smiled wickedly at the thought of scaring her friend half to death but suddenly Mina turned around and saw her best friend close behind her. "Very funny Lita, its not like I have all these things on my mind or anything." She said scowling and looking at her friend annoyed. Lita's eyes were downcast now and she sighed. She had never heard her friend take on such a note. Mina had always been the happy one and never had a problem with her best friend playing idle jokes on her. But today she was scowling more then normal and unfortunately she was the one that always made everyone smile. But Lita knew she was probably really nervous about the tests this afternoon.

Lita turned around and saw Raye staring out the window watching things outside. She knew that Raye couldn't possibly be nervous about the tests so she walked over to her and laid a hand gently on her shoulder. Raye turned and gave Lita a weak smile. Lita smiled back and stood there for a moment before looking at Raye quizzically. "What's wrong Raye. You can't be nervous about today's test. Out of all of us you're the one that will definitely pass. What are you looking so worried about?" Lita said as she removed her hand from the raven-haired girl's shoulder.
Raye looked at her and sighed. She knew everyone thought that and the fact remained that it wasn't true. Sure she was pretty sure she wouldn't fail the test as some of the others might but she still worried that she wasn't ready to take on the responsibility of being a guardian to that silly meatball headed princess. She had other dreams that she wished to pursue and this was getting in the way of it all. Back on her planet she was going to be queen and a high commander to her father's army. Her mother never gave her father any sons so she would be the next heir to the thrown. She wanted to concentrate on that, not all of this stuff that really meant nothing to her. She saw this as another one of her responsibilities that she wasn't ready for. She looked back out the window and sighed once again.
"You can tell me what's wrong Raye. I think I would understand." Lita said looking at her friend and hoping she was all right. Raye turned and the worry was apparent on her face and Lita tried to smile comfortingly but found herself not able to.
"It's not real important. I just wonder sometimes whether this is really what we were meant to be doing and not what our hearts really tell us we should do. I have other dreams that I wanted to accomplish but now it seems as if I'll be protecting Serena all my life and that just isn't what I had planned." Raye said wearily.
Lita looked at her with a surprised expression. She had been expecting the "I'm just really nervous" speech tat the rest of her friends seemingly had. But Raye was worried because she didn't want to protect Serena her entire life. Lita was about to tell her that was what they had been destined to do and that was why they were here in the first place. But as she thought she could understand Raye's thoughts. She herself had often wondered why she had to follow her destiny and protect a child that none of them really knew very well. Why did she need protecting? What made her so special and first among all the other princesses? Lita had asked her mother these questions hesitantly. She knew that protecting the princess was what her mother had always wanted her to do and she never wanted to disappoint her mother. Her mother had replied in a calm voice and explained to Lita that there were forces that threatened to take over all the planets, not just the moon. The moon had been the first among the planet's to start the peace between them and they had been the capital of them all since. Serena would be ruler of all that someday and she would need protecting from the forces that threatened the peace that they had worked so hard to achieve. Lita had understood immediately and never questioned the fact again. She had learned to accept the destiny that was laid before her now. So she could sympathize with the worried and confused Raye.
"No one knew the rules of all this when we were little Raye. We were destined to do this and we have to accept that. Ever since the beginning of time, the scouts of all the planets have protected the moon and each other. Yeah, Serena is a big airhead but she is the future queen of us all and you should feel privileged to be the one protecting her. She'll grow out of the stage she's in. Give her time and don't give up the dreams that you have either. The time will come for you to have those dreams. But we must put the duty of protecting Serena anyway e can first. We have to protect our planets and the future. I think it'll be a privilege to be fighting by all of your sides and I think it'll be an honor to protect the future queen." Lita said as she smiled comfortingly at her friend.
Raye smiled and realized that maybe Lita was right and that her dreams could still be a reality. She just had to have faith in it so it would all turn out all right someday. She nodded and looked back out the window trying to concentrate on the test that would be given all too soon and decide their futures.



"Darien!!!!" Serena cried running after the retreating black-haired man, "Wait for me!" she cried trying not to trip over her dress that had been tripping her all day anyway.
Darien chuckled as he strode too quickly away from Serena and down the long hallway. He knew that she would follow even though se should have been in the room with all the others practicing for her test. He wanted to get away from them for awhile but they always seemed to follow he thought as he strode faster down the hall. He could hear Serena crying out behind him and he laughed again. She sounded so much like a child. He sobered at that thought and remembered compared to him she was indeed a child. But he had fallen in love with her a couple of years ago. He didn't think the queen knew and he didn't know if he would tell her. He knew Serena felt the same way by the way she was constantly staring at him and making his court chuckle under their breath all the time. He paused a moment to look back at Serena and saw her on the ground crying again. She had tripped over that dress all day and now she had fallen once again and was balling like a baby. He sighed and started back toward her. She resumed crying not knowing that he was coming to help. She sniffled a little and as she looked up she saw a pair of midnight blue eyes staring at her calmly and lovingly. Darien smiled as he looked at her clear blue eyes. Tears still threatened to fall from her face and he thought it was absolutely adorable and innocent as she looked up at him with warmth and pain.
"Are you all right Serena?" He whispered as he found her hand and held it. He could probably of sat there all day just looking at her beauty, even at twelve she was still magnificently beautiful like her mother, that surprised him when he had first realized it.
Serena nodded and just sat there staring back. She had loved Darien for a long time now and she never realized that he had felt the same and she still didn't know if he did. She started to get up with Dariens help when he foot caught on her dress again and she ended up falling into Dariens strong arms. She looked up and muttered a thank you as she straightened up suddenly realizing how close he was. Darien looked at her and started to laugh and she frowned not realizing that her dress had been ripped and her hair was now all undone. She looked almost comical and that made Darien laugh. She frowned deeper and looked down and realized that her dress had been ripped. She groaned realizing that her mother would not be happy at what she had done. She picked up the piece of the ripped dress as Darien laughed and turned on her heel. She stomped off to her room embarrassed and stricken by the look she had seen momentarily in Dariens eyes.
She walked down the hall surprised by her own thoughts that seemed to remain on Darien as she opened the door to her room. She looked in and sighed seeing that her mother had come in here and laid out all her transformation pens and her wand as well. She went over to them and picked them up one by one. She touched the items carefully and thought about the hours of practice that she had done but they still puzzled her. Her mother claimed that she was doing better and she would be able to handle the weapons force and strength one by one. She looked at the farthest one above all and that was a heart shaped locket that would eventually hold the silver crystal her mother's personal treasure and the source of all her power. She put the locket down on her pillow softly and went to her dresser. She picked up her brush and ran it idly through her blond tresses. She put the brush down and started to go to her closet.
"Ouch!" she cried as she bumped her dresser by accident hitting her hip on it really hard. The entire dresser shook with all its contents and as it did she heard a hauntingly familiar song play from the dresser. She sighed as she heard it and went back to her dresser. She opened the top drawer and peered at the locket with a star on top of it lovingly. She had gotten that locket awhile ago when she had visited town. She had planned on giving it to Darien as a symbol of her love for him but she hadn't because she didn't know if he felt the same as well. She picked the locket it up and listened to the tune play over and over for a couple of minutes. She felt a tear roll from her cheek and she absently brushed it away. She put the locket on top of the dresser and sighed heavily. She went to her closet then and changed. She went to her dressing room and slipped the dress over her head carefully so as to not mess up the buns that her mother put in her hair so carefully everyday. As she walked out of the room she heard someone clear their throat as she looked up. She looked startled and jumped slightly as she gazed at the intruder.
The intruder gazed back as well taking in the form of the princess and how she looked right at the moment. She was a picture of innocence and from what the intruder had seen so far she wasn't going to make a very good queen in the future. "Why are you up here all alone with no guard? I don't think your mother would approve." the figure said laughing as Serena turned a bright red realizing she shouldn't be up here alone.
Serena looked at the person who had obviously been waiting for Serena while she changed. The funny thing was that she didn't know this person and yet the figure that sat there laughing at her like a cheshire cat seemingly wasn't a threatening figure so she was relaxed. She examined the person trying to recall any memory of the person who sat in front of her now. She looked at the ice blue eyes and short blond hair cut in a style not worn by many men these days. He looked like a soldier because he had some sort of strange armor on that she didn't recognize. But what was he doing here? "I ripped my dress and I came up to change. I don't need constant guard like a child." Serena said stubbornly as she went over to sit at her dresser and brush her long pigtails.
The soldier watched her and laughed at the princesses vigor. She would be tough someday the soldier thought. "I see." The figure said now standing and coming to stand behind the princess.
Serena looked up and saw the soldier come up behind her quietly and take the brush from her fingers. She whirled around and saw the soldiers eyes dance merrily. "Who are you?" she asked as the figure laughed at that question.
"A friends princess, a part of your court. Your mother hasn't said anything about us though yet so hush till you're told who I am." The soldier said and then turned on his heel as he strode away. The person she thought was a soldier left her room as quietly as he had come, leaving Serena's heart and mind pulsing with unanswered questions.



"So have you asked her yet?" a curious voice asked as they all walked toward the city that they had been told they had to disappear to for a couple of hours before they could come back to watch their fiancees