Usagi walked alone in the park, practicing some speach she intended to give.

"M-mamo-chan.. well... as you know, I am now of the legal marrying age in Japan. I'm a second year high-schooler... almost an adult... and well... you gave my this wonderful ring. I was wondering... Mamo-chan... when you think we might-"

"Usagi-chan?"

"GAK!" Usagi snapped around with a look of pure fear on her face. "NOTHING, NOTHING I WAS JUST-" She blinked and her eyes widened.

"Usagi-chan.."

"N-Naru-chan."

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Episode Three

Old friends and new friends; a shocking revelation

"Tsukini kawatte, oshokio!!"

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Usagi and Naru sat beside each other on a bench in the park, Usagi looking at Naru, but Naru's eyes were lowered to her feet.

"Naru-chan... how have you been?"

She smiled sadly, still looking at her feet. "Gomen ne, Usagi-chan. I was never much of a help to you, was I? Rather.. I was a hinderance, someone who needed rescuing."

Usagi was taken aback. "What do you mean?"

Naru looked at Usagi, "You always protected me, protected everyone, so I had no right to get mad. But still.. I felt lonely. I had lost you."

"Naru-chan, what are you trying to say?"

"Umino is gone..."

Usagi's eyes widened.

"He went to a school in Britain for the academically talented. He left at the start of high-school."

Time seemed to freeze as Usagi processed this information internally.

-Just like Mamo-chan.. although Naru-chan didn't have her friends there for support. She was all alone..

She took Naru-chan's hand. "When will he get back?"

"When we finish high-school. And that's if he doesn't decide to stay there for college."

"...gomen, Naru-chan."

She shook her head and stood. "It's I who should be apologizing to you. Just seeing you again after a whole year and I throw this on you," she laughed a little, "gomen, Usagi-chan. Anyway, I have to go, but give me a call okay?"

She nodded, still a little worried looking. "H-hai.."

Naru smiled, waved, and walked off.



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Deep within the dark ruins, the man in black sat quietly with the two shadowed women on either side. Pyron, Aeron, Floran, and Aquan all stood before him.

"So.. you are telling me that not only all the Sailor Senshi from all the planets of this solar system are here on Earth, but this mysterious ninja who has the power bestow great strength AND destroy a taimed anigai, is fighting against us?"

Aeron took a step foreward. "Choas-sama, it is true. Both Aquan and Floran have seen him, and I trust their words."

Choas nodded. "I do as well. With this new information, we will have to make some changes to the plan. First, I want this ninja investigated. If he has the power you all say he does, I want his identity known and I want him checked for the Flourite Pheonix. He could be the one. If he is, bring him to me. If not, kill him."

They all bowed. "Hai." And teleported away.

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Rei stood alone in a white place. Something shimmered with the white behind her and she snapped around. She saw the invisible shape of something fly along the white emptiness.

"Who?"

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Rei blinked out of her daydream and looked around. The girls were all sitting around a table at Crown's looking very serious.

Ami sipped her drink and looked to Usagi. "So, Haruka and Michiru are back in town... though I'm glad they are back, their presence always seems to be very foreboding."

Usagi nodded. "When Michiru called she said they had also seen the new enemy. Fought them in fact, except their's was different."

Makoto blinked. "Different? Different how?"

"Well, the one we saw was a lady who had some kind of control over water. But their's used flowers and plants."

Minako blew into her drink so it bubbled up, then looked up. "And the new ally? The ninja?"

Usagi nodded. "They saw him, too. He was bleeding from the forehead again."

Ami frowned and looked down at her drink.

Makoto looked at her, a little worried, then looked back to Usagi. "Who was attacked?"

"Motoki-san."

"AAAAEEEEEE!??" Makoto jumped up. "HOW DARE THEY ATTACK MOTOKI-SAN! HE-"

The patrons of the restaraunt were all looking at Makoto.

"..." She sat down.

Rei looked at Usagi, who seemed more distant than usual. "Usagi-chan?"

"N-Nani!"

"What's wrong?"

She sipped her drink quietly, then looked out the window toward the busy street. "I ran into Naru-chan today."

Ami blinked. "Naru-chan? She ended up going to Ispep High School, didn't she? Wow.. it's been almost a year since we last saw her."

Usagi nodded. "With the Senshi wars and high-school and the Starlights... she kind of got overshadowed."

Minako looked out the window while the others talked about Naru-chan. She had never actually been that close to her, coming the latest of all the scouts, but she liked her and worried about her well being. She saw Kizu walk by and blinked. Kizu saw her in the window and backtracked a little, waving cheerfully. Minako motioned for him to come inside. He entered and the other girls saw him to.

Ami smiled. "Kizu-kun! Konnichi-wa!"

Kizu bowed politely. "Konnichi-wa, Ami-san. Would I be intruding if I sat with you all?"

Makoto shook her head. "Not at all, please. I haven't formally met you yet. Kino Makoto."

"Hai, konnichi-wa, Kino-san."

"Call me Makoto, please. Kino is so formal."

He smiled and nodded. "Okay, Makoto-san." Kizu turned to Rei. "Konnichi-wa. I'm Sorano Kizu."

Rei smiled. "Hino Rei. Call me Rei."

Kizu nodded again. "Hai. And all of you please call me Kizu." He looked to Usagi. "Odango, did you finish the assignment for English. I was absent and would like to know what it is."

The whole group got sweatdrops.

Usagi laughed loudly and nervously. "I... think I should get on that... eventually."

Kizu joined the group with a sweatdrop.

Rei shook her head. "Never ask Usagi for school related help."

Kizu laughed. "I knew she wasn't good at English, but I didn't think she was that bad at everything."

Usagi glared. "I'm NOT!"

Kizu smiled at Usagi. "Gomen, odango. Hey, where's Mamoru-san?"

Ami looked up from the book she had been reading.

Usagi frowned. "WORK.. he got a part time job at an ice cream shop and now all he does is work." She brightened up. "But on the up side, I get free ice cream whenever I visit him!"

Everyone at the table collapsed into a heap. Much smoke and SD animation.

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Pyron stood in a park alone. He wore red aviator sun glasses and a loose fit long sleaved button up pink shirt. His pants were blue jeans and he had black boots on with painted fire on the sides. He checked his watch.

"Go time."

He walked up to a random brown haired boy in the park who was talking with his girlfriend.

"Excuse me, but do you have a lighter?"

The boy blinked and fumbled around his pockets. "Um.. yes.. hold on-"

He pulled it out and lit it. Pyron snapped his finger and the flame burst out and made a circle around the boy, sending his girlfriend reeling back and screaming. From the boots up, flames seemed to burn away Pyron's clothes, revealing his true uniform and nature. The girlfriend screamed again and crawled to her feet, running away. Other patrons of the park, also began running away and Pyron made the flames spread all around.

"PLEASE!! DON'T KILL ME! I DON'T WANT TO BURN TO DEATH, OH GOD."

Pyron frowned at him. "Tell that to the forests and ecosystems that are doing just that... burning to death at the hands of the unnatural humans. But your fate, my friend, will be determined on whether HE shows up."

"What?!"

Pyron turned away as a voice was heard from behind him.

"Jotto Matte!"

He smiled. "Sailor... senshi."

Sailor Moon and the other four scouts stood at the edge of the park.

"A quiet trip for ice cream reveals a wrong and sinister plot. Plus, fires in public places are strictly prohibited! Tsukini kawatte, oshokio!"

Pyron walked slowly and calmly foreward toward the scouts. "I'm warning you. You haven't seen the extent of our powers, girls. You are all unnatural to the place, so humans would never be able to grasp the true strength of the Earth. But we Gaian Elite are one with her."

Sailor Moon glared. "Gaian Elite? Why are you fighting us? Can't we come to an understanding?"

He shook his head. "We've already made our reasonings clear. When we find the Flourite Pheonix, the Earth will rid herself of you humans." He held his hand out and flames whirled around the senshi.

"Mercury Aqua Rhapsody!" Mercury tried to douse the flames, but Pyron kept them at a steady strength by keeping his hand out.

A feather fell gently in front of Pyron. He blinked and looked up, the shadow of a man leaping above him covered the sun.

"He's here.." The mysterious ninja landed behind him and Pyron whirled around.

The ninja glared at him. "Something's wrong."

Pyron smiled quite sinisterly. "That's because it's a trap." He threw a blast of flame toward the ninja, and it hit him in the chest, sending him flying backwards.

Venus gasped. "Stop! Leave him alone!" She blew a kiss. "Love and Beauty Shock!" Pyron dodged the attack to the side. Venus made a face. ¬.¬ "Why can everyone manage to dodge my attack?"

Pyron put his foot on the ninja's chest and leaned down. "Let's see what your made of, shall we?" He pointed the red fire shaped pendant on his chest at him and a red blast shot out.

The scouts all gasped as they saw the flash of red light and heard the ninja's screams. Then, darkness followed by a light that seemed to slowly fade from red to green and back again. A stag lept from the ninja's body over Pryon's head. He gasped and threw a white ball at it. The ball swallowed the stag, then changed. It became a man with the lower body of a stag and large antlers on his head. He held a bow in his hand an on his chest, an Alexandrite pendant.

Pyron blinked. "It's strong, immensely.. but it's not the Flourite Pheonix. It even has a real gem instead of a usual stone."

The beast turned it's head to Pyron. "I am Alexandrite Stag. How can I serve you, master?"

Pyron smiled. "Kill the pests."

The beast nodded and galloped toward the senshi. They gasped. It fired an arrow, Rei countered with "Flame Sniper." The two attacks hit one another and both burnt to nothing.

A sudden blast of wind erupted from the side. The fire smouldered and the strange centaur was almost knocked off balance.

"Nani?" Rei looked over.

Sailor Neptune.. and a much changed Eternal Uranus stood there.

Sailor Moon's eyes widened. "You've.."

Uranus called out. "Space Turbulence!" She created a huge air ripple that blasted the centaur to peices. The spirit leapt back to it's body, the ninja.

Pyron frowned. "A failure... Well, time to go. Next time you'll face our leader. He'll kill you for sure." There was a burst of flame and Pyron was gone.

Sailor Moon ran towards the fallen ninja and quickly knelt beside him. "Are you alright?! Wake up!"

Uranus and Neptune approached from behind her.

"His name is Chiron," Uranus divulged.

Chiron coughed. His clothes began to glow, and turned into feathers, they swirled around and changed back into the regular clothes of Sorano Kizu.

Sailor Moon's eyes widened and she gasped. The other inners ran towards the group, but stopped in their tracks, and all stared surprised at Kizu's unconscious form.

Sailor Moon looked to the others. "Wh-what do we do? He... He's the ninja."

Kizu groaned from the ground and sat up, rubbing his head. He blinked and looked around, then quickly staggered to his feet, backing away, as if afraid.

"No..! It-it's not!" His eyes darted around. They knew who he was, they could use it to hurt him.

Sailor Mercury took a step foreward, smiling softly at Kizu. She closed her eyes and her fuku errupted into blue ribbons, which changed into her regular clothes. Venus did the same, followed by Jupiter and Mars. Sailor Moon was last, but still looked worried as she did it. Uranus and Neptune also transformed back into Haruka and Michiru, even though Kizu hadn't been formally introduced to them just yet.

Kizu's eyes stayed wide during the whole thing. When they all stood before him as regular girls he turned his gaze back to Usagi.

"Usagi-chan..."

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The five inners and Kizu sat solemnly around a table at Rei's temple. Everyone was silent for a long time, no one really looking at one another. Finally, Minako spoke.

"K-kizu-kun. Who are you? Where do you come from? Why have you been helping us?"

He still didn't look up, and was silent for a moment, then spoke quietly. "My name is Chiron, or more specifically, General Chiron. I was the gaurdian and prince of a large body called Chiron in the Silver Millenium. It exsists between Saturn and Uranus, thus I worked with and protected the Outer Senshi, much like Tuxedo Mask does with you all."

Ami frowned. "But the outers haven't heard of you up until now. Where have you been?"

"All the memories we have of one another weren't revived until our friends awakened. Thus, the outer senshi's memories of me hadn't been brought to light yet. But now they will slowly and surely. Your's, too. I was a good friend with the kingdoms of the outer AND inner princesses. And up until now, I've been sleeping in my human form, unawakened until I moved here to Tokyo."

Makoto shook her head. "So now you'll join with outers and keep your distance from us again? You are so much younger than them."

He nodded. "I know. I don't know why my rebirth made me younger. But I think it may have to do with the circumstances of my life in the Silver Millenium. Like I said, technically I was an outer, but also had strong ties with the inners. This age just continues that. In normal human life I exsist as you all do, same age, same school, same town. But as a soldier my allegiances are to the outer senshi. Specifically one..."

Usagi blinked. "One? Who?"

He smiled a little softly. "The most powerful Sailor Senshi in our solar system... Sailor Saturn."

Rei seemed almost angered by this. "How can you say that?! Sailor Moon.. Princess Serenity has saved this planet from countless calamities. She even saved Sailor Saturn twice. She survived to fight Galaxia after Saturn fell. She is the most powerful of us all!"

Kizu smiled sadly. "But you're wrong... Sailor Moon has saved the planet, that's true. And she is extremely powerful, but she has already reached her final form, Eternal. The only other growth that awaits her is not as a Sailor Senshi. Surely you've already met her future form, Neo Queen Serenity? In the future, Sailor Moon no longer exsists. The seed was passed on to the daughter. But she is not the strongest. Sailor Saturn rules over the powers of life an death. As an under-developed senshi, the powers act as a double edged sword-killing her if she uses them. But... Sailor Saturn has a final form, just as you all do... Eternal Saturn. When she reaches that peak stage, she will be.. in effect... unstopable."

The girls sat dumbfounded for a while. Ami finally spoke. "Sugoi... but... should that kind of power be allowed to one person? Perhaps Sailor Saturn's eternal form should never be revealed."

Kizu nodded. "I agree."

All the girls blinked in surprise and looked at him. He shrugged.

"I serve Sailor Saturn, but I will not be the one to reveal her final form. If it comes naturally, so be it, but absolute power corrupts absolutely. So... it's best she just never know."