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2 Reflections of the Past…The Wait is Over…

Japan…

"That's the tenth person he's gone after…and every single time all he seems to do is leave before he does after real harm. It's like…a decoy you could say," Artemis said gracefully walking back and forth still showing the concern cross his voice.

"Do you know what the real objective is for him then?" Ami asked in her calm relaxed manner.

"I couldn't tell you anything about this guy. He appears and disappears so quickly that I've been unable to gather anything about him. Luna said she might have a lead, but I haven't heard, or seen her in nearly a day, so now I'm somewhat worried."

"What about the people he's gone after. Do they have any relation to each other?" Makoto asked.

"I have no idea what his pattern is with who he's going after. I ran some tests on Sabin and made a few cross-references with the Moon's old database and found nothing. All it seems is that his body is being drained of his energy, but so minute that when he sleeps he regenerates it back."

"So Sabin is like a constant battery," Usagi said.

"Actually Usagi-chan, everyone is a constant battery. We all expand energy and through the process of REM sleep we regenerate the lost energy like a recharger. The only difference is that Sabin's battery is acting differently and therefore causing the drain."

"To bad Shane isn't here. I'm sure he could figure out what the hell is going on here," Sabin said getting up off the floor and exiting the room a bit upset.

"Aaron!" Chibi-Usa said getting up to try and stop him.

"Chibi-Usa…" Rei stopped her, "Let me talk to him." Chibi-Usa looked at Rei and nodded slowly. Rei smiled and walked outside in her temple attire catching Sabin punching a tree and growling out a quiet swear word with every punch. "Come on now, I don't think my grandpa would enjoy seeing a tree uprooted and see the cuts and bruised on your hands. He'ld kick you out for sure!"

Sabin took another mighty swing at the tree and stopped mere millimeters from the bark. He sighed and dropped his hand and said in a dejected voice, "You're right."

Rei stepped closer and put her hand on his shoulder, "Come on. Everyone is worried about you, and they do wish Aaron is still alive." Sabin clinched his fist and could feel the warm tears trying to create small pools in his eyes, but he fought them with every ounce of fight in his body and simply made a slight sniffle.

"It's not that I miss Shane, I really do miss the guy, it's just…he had no cares about his own life. He cared for everyone and asked for nothing in return. It didn't matter to him if he was on the verge of death, he would sacrifice himself if it meant saving a few people. If someone were dying, he would do whatever he could to keep you going. His life meant nothing to him, and…I really couldn't understand why he would throw away his own life time and time again."

"Sabin…"

"But…when I found out about his past. I started thinking…could it be because there was something deep inside him that reminded him of what he was. Or what happened to him when he didn't know about his past? Could he still harbor such resentment about what happened that it was still in him? He didn't know…and yet…he knew." Sabin tried to laugh and seemed to cough instead, "It's so difficult to understand who he really is, and what his intentions are. I want to be the best friend I can and help him, but…I don't know enough to make a good friend."

Rei became a bit upset and slapped him across the face. "Listen to me Sabin Langford. If you weren't a good friend, then he would have been dead a long time ago. You may not understand someone, but that does NOT make you someone you aren't. There are still times and I wonder about Usagi-chan, she's slow, clumsy, stupid, and just plain lovesick most of the time, BUT…there are times I wonder about her more than she is. I wonder how someone with a caliber that low in my book could have a child who is so full of life, responsibility and love. Who could care for everyone and everything at the cost of her own life. I don't have to understand her in order to understand her reasons. It's her life, and she wants others to enjoy theirs before her own. It's not selfish and there is no need to analyze it! I may not know her well enough, but I am her friend and she is mine just as much. Don't you EVER think that you weren't a good friend. You were the BEST-damned friend he ever had! Don't you EVER forget that!" Sabin was in complete awe at the speech Rei had just blurted out, but he felt the warm skin on his face where she had slapped him and broke out with a smile that was more common to his face.

"Rei…I'm…"

Rei's smile returned to his beautiful and peaceful nature and she put her index finger to his lips. "Don't…I know you are, and I want you to know that I may not understand you well enough, but I love you for the person you are and the person you aspire to be."

There faces grew closer slowly and their heartbeats started to beat in complete sync. It was like the first time they had met in the warehouse. Everything around them was oblivious to this moment of romance. Slowly, their lips grew ever closer and their heads tilted to meet each other's warmth. Their lips closed the gap and they kissed like it was the last time they would ever see each other. The night air was warm and slowly Sabin removed his shirt revealing his muscular chest.

Usagi looked around for Sabin and Rei, and noticed they were engaged in a romantic moment. Usagi's first instinct was to interfere and try to make it better, but…she gave it a few seconds thought and that she shouldn't interfere in something this important. She understood how Rei must feel if she would do something like this and smiled whispering, "I'm glad you have true love Rei-chan." With these sweet parting words Usagi slipped back out of whence she came and returned to the room where the Scouts meets took place regularly.

Sabin and Rei were on the ground looking up at the bright twinkling stars and Rei had her head rested comfortably on Sabin's manly chest. (Yes manly.) "You know…when I first got here…I thought that my foolish fantasy of loving you would only make myself feel stupid, but…ever since that moment we laid eyes on each other, my fantasy suddenly ended and I didn't care about the end result. I just wanted you with me. I wanted you to be the one I wake up to every morning and fall asleep with every night. I…love you…Hino Rei." The moon was shining brightly like it's light was a beacon of joy for these two love birds.

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US…

"Wake up Shane!" Schala rocked Aaron in his sleep.

Aaron mumbled something before he said with legible sound, "Go away…

Schala frowned slightly and reared her leg. She thrust it forward with a good amount of force behind it, and kicked Aaron in the right leg saying, "Get up!"

Aaron felt the jolt and his eyes popped open as he yelled, "What the HELL did you do that for?!" He spied his clock and noticed that it was only 9:00 in the morning. "I have to work at 1 so let me get some sleep!"

Schala made lazy eyes and simply shook her head with the words, "You really have to get to bed earlier."

Aaron growled and considered the thought of yelling at her with his full anger, but…he knew that it would only be for nil and he wasn't going to be the evil, sinister villain of this scenario. He relaxed a little and said trying to smile as sincere as he could, "Please…just let me get some more sleep. I really need to get some rest before I head to work, and if you kick me again, I will SO kick your ass!"

He returned his head to his pillow and turned his body away from Schala. He took a few relaxed breaths and snuggled his head into the pillow. A few seconds later Aaron felt another jolt hit him in the back with more force than before and he sprang from his bed unable to contain the anger he was feeling. "I said get UP Shane!"

Aaron growled, closed his eyes, and ripped a punch across Schala's face that split her lip open. "YOU ARE NOT MY GOD DAMN MOTHER!!" He yelled with rampage crushing her nose with a shot. "You have no IDEA-!" he stopped his fist inches from her scared face and suddenly became aware of what he had just done. Schala was shivering in fright while her nose and lip bleed somewhat profusely. His breathing was heavy and he was completely shocked at his sudden outburst of raw power stuttering, "I…Schala…I…"

Schala ran away as fast as she could crying madly at how her friend had treated her. Luna ran into Aaron's room and noticed Aaron's face was drenched with sweat. She asked Aaron, "What just happened?!"

Aaron's hard breaths gave way to his reply and he said in fright, "I…I punched Schala…twice."

Luna screamed, "WHAT?!! WHY the HELL would you punch an innocent girl?! Are you insane or something?!"

Aaron shook his head embarrassed and at the same time ashamed of his actions and could simply reply, "I…I don't know. I was just…suddenly consumed…by rage."

"Aaron! That's not an excuse! Hitting a girl is the worst!!"

Aaron clinched his bloody hand into a fist and punched a wall screaming as loud as his chords could vibrate, "SON OF A BITCH!!!!!"

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Japan…

Rei was working on the chores that she had and Sabin came up behind her quietly. She was oblivious to her surroundings, but something inside her felt like someone was sneaking up on her. She couldn't tell who it was, so using her best intuition just as Sabin was about to cover her eyes in a playful manner; she whirled around and thwacked him with the broom before he could react. When she realized that it was Sabin she blushed really red and bowed very apologetic to her boyfriend. "Sabin! I'm SO sorry! Please don't be mad at me!"

Sabin moaned and made a light laugh coming out, "It's my fault. I should've remembered you have that sixth sense."

Rei lowered to her knees and Sabin pulled her to the ground playfully. "Now you're all dirty too!" Rei laughed and wrestled with him on the ground. "You're quite strong for a lady!"

Rei laughed and said, "And what's supposed to mean!"

Sabin pinned her to the ground and said, "It means you're strong…but not strong enough."

Rei flipped him over and pinned him down to the point where his struggles were pointless and Rei laughed, "You mustn't judge me by my looks! They'll get you everytime!" Rei rose back to her feet and helped Sabin to his feet.

"I meant to tell you…about last night…"

Rei put her finger to his lips like last night and said, "Don't…it was the greatest night of my life. I've never met anyone that knew the stars so well other than myself, and when I'm with you…I feel…" Rei turned her head from all the emotion she was pouring out and blushed very embarrassed.

"Rei…you don't have to tell me. I know…and I feel the same way about you. I just want you to know that you are the most important thing to me in this world. I love you with my whole heart regardless of what may happen to me."

Rei burst into tears and buried her head into his chest telling him through the sobs, "You're…the…most important thing to me…too." She looked up at his relaxed expression with glossy eyes and put her head back into his chest.

"How about after we get the chores done, we'll go catch a movie together…does that sound good?"

Rei nodded and looked up at him again. "I'ld love to…Sabin."

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US…

After a long shift all Aaron could think about was what had happened during his absence of sensor work. Thankfully, Windstrom had recorded everything that happened and Aaron studied the read-outs while drinking a Dew. "Hmm…well…now this is interesting." He headed into his room and activated his laptop considering the only way to actually get to Windstrom was to access a portal. Which of course was at the moment inoperable. After that last experience he decided to create a back up way in just in case something like this were to ever happen again. "Hey…Windstrom…I found something rather interesting."

"What have you found?"

"It appears that I've calculated where the damn things are going to be crossing each other's path…AND…I've found how long, and where they'll cross."

"That is excellent."

"The only thing I want to know is why it's converging at that point. There has to be some significant reason why."

"There are no abnormal readings coming from anywhere around the city other than the slight vibrations from the portals."

"There HAS to be a reason! I don't know why…but…I just can feel that there is something specific about the place they plan on crossing. Wait…Windstrom…send me the coordinates of the place where his armour was taken from him the first time we fought." Windstrom sent out a bunch of data that Aaron crosschecked with the data he had figured out and found something startling. There was a connection with the location of where the portals were heading. They matched the exact location down to the second where the fight on the moon took place on a scale of location in reference to the Earth. "Now that I find funny."

"What is so comical about a situation this dire?"

"This city in cross-reference to the old Moon Kingdom is the exact location of where the Moon Kingdom existed. This location where the portals are going to meet…is somewhere…in the…" Aaron didn't finish his sentence and simply shook his head. "Nevermind about that fact, we have a universe to save again."

Luna…who was out most of the day scouting and reporting information back to Windstrom, returned and greeted Aaron with her tired words. "Tough day scouting everything out!"

"I bet, but you're still just a lazy cat."

"Why did you just say that? I've been busting my butt all day!"

Aaron simply snorted and said, "Yeah right. How can I tell if you didn't just pretend to do scouting while sitting on your ass in an alley all day?!"

Luna was somewhat perplexed by how quickly Aaron was attacking her. Her thoughts were short as Aaron tried to give her a boot. She quickly jumped aside and said quickly, "Windstrom! Scan Aaron's body!" Another quick brush of Aaron's foot caught Luna in the ass and sent her into the sidewall of the living room.

"I won't stand for people who slack off when the whole universe could be destroyed! You will DIE for your insolence you damn cat!!"

"It appears that certain area's of Aaron's brain are flooded with pheromone activity and are unable to counteract the misbalance," Windstrom said with complete monotony.

"What am I supposed to DO?!" Luna screamed dodging another foot shot.

"I am uncertain what must be done."

"How's that supposed to comfort me?!"

Aaron's face was breaking out in sweat, and he looked like he was trying to restrain his actions. "No…must…resist…emotion!"

"Come on Aaron! Don't let whatever it is overtake you! FIGHT EM!"

Aaron struggled and grappled to his knees applying pressure to the sides of his head thinking it would make the pain subside. "I…must…resist the pain…!!"

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Japan…

About the same time as this is happening, Chibi-Usa has been feeling…well…under the weather so to speak. The exact moment that Aaron's head starting going crazy; Chibi-Usa began to experience pain of the same manner. The young girl clutched her head in much the same way that Aaron had, hoping to suppress some of the pain rippling from within her brain. "Chibi-Usa-chan!" Usagi said as her daughter screamed in pain.

"My head feels…like it's…on FIRE!!" Chibi-Usa screamed.

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US…

"AARON!!" Luna screamed over the high-pitched whining that was being heard. Aaron's body had started to exert energy to the point where his body was entirely composed of energy. He thrust his arms out and screamed out making a sound similar to that of some large carnivorous dinosaur. With this roar came a MASSIVE reaction of energy from his body that made the whole house explode with light.

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Japan…

Chibi-Usa's breathing was somewhat heavy, but she struggled to stay calm. "Chibi-Usa-chan…" Usagi said with her concerned voice. A small crackle of electricity turned her attention toward the window, and slowly…more and more energy began to build up. Suddenly a bright light ripped forth from the energy, and opened a gate. "DEAR…GOD!!!" Usagi said looking at the portal staring at her.

"A…Aaron…" Chibi-Usa said looking at the unconscious being on the other side of the portal.

"Huh?" Usagi looked closer and gasped, "It is! It's Aaron!"

Chibi-Usa forced her way onto her feet and threw herself into the vortex. Usagi yelled at her, but soon followed suit. Chibi-Usa had Aaron's head on her lap upon Usagi's exit from the portal. "Usagi-chan!" Luna's voice chimed out to her.

"Luna…do you know what's going on here?"

"Don't bother…" Aaron moaned moving his head a little, "Just give me a bit and I'll explain what's been going on."

"Aaron!!" Usagi hugged her brother's body, "Don't you EVER pull a stunt like that again!"

Aaron made a light laugh and replied, "That's the one thing about you that's different from anyone else. You have an understanding of people better than anyone else I know."

Usagi in tears and she said, "Don't laugh! I don't want to lose you for the third time. Once is harsh. Twice is insane…third…" she trailed off left only by her tears.

"Usagi…" Aaron raised his hand and wiped a tear away from her. "You know I'm a soldier…like you. We both have the same mission, but different ways to carry them out."

"Uncky Aaron…please don't make Usagi-chan cry again…then…" Chibi-Usa began to sob.

"You just seem to have no luck today," Luna teased Aaron.

"Don't tempt me cat…" Aaron moaned slowly getting up and returning to his feet.

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