1 Part Two

Chapter One: Five Years Later

AN: I obviously like skipping time frames here…onto the story

Five years later, Usagi, looking a little more tired than she had looked before Lindsay was kidnapped paced back and forth, waiting for her sixteen-year-old daughter to return home from a date with Helios. They had never heard from Mamoru after he had taken her. They didn't even know if she was still alive. The loss of his sister had torn Luke apart from the rest of the world. He spent most of his time locked in his room, staring at his laptop screen or on the Internet. Usagi didn't even try to reason with her son to return to the real world. She knew that the only thing that would bring Luke back was his twin sister.

Demando came up and wrapped an arm around his worried wife. "Don't worry," he said. "She'll be back. Helios is trustworthy."

"It's not Helios that I'm worried about," said Usagi. "It's Mamoru. He's been out there, with our baby girl, biding his time. I know him, Demando. He's not finished. He'll be back."

"Lindsay's still alive, but whether she'd recognize us or not is another story," said Demando, gently leading his wife away from the large window where she waited.

She had become way too protective of Chibiusa, always making sure that she was home early enough before the teenage gangs came out, always making sure that the boy that Chibiusa went out with had a good history, grade wise and socially, and other things like that. Demando had enforced this rule, talking to Chibiusa and making sure that she always looked after her mother and younger brother. He was close to convincing her to marry and take the throne early, to remove stress from her mother.

Chibiusa happily laid her head on Helios's shoulder as the two sat by a lake about an hour away from the palace. She was so relieved to get out of her home and from her duties as the heir to the throne. Helios wrapped his arm around her and she lifted her head and looked into his eyes.

He pulled her into a passionate kiss and the two happily exchanged their feelings for each other as the sun set. As it got darker, Chibiusa began to realize just how far she was from her home, and how her mother would worry. Helios saw this fear in her eyes and quickly became Pegasus, her childhood friend. She climbed onto his back and he lifted his white wings and flew her home as fast as he could.

Outside the Moon Palace, with Demando watching from an upstairs window, his back toward his sleeping wife, Helios kissed Chibiusa goodbye. He pressed a small, wrapped box into her hand and took off into the moonlight.

Chibiusa looked up and saw her father standing in her parent's room at the bay window. He mouthed for her to come in and she slowly walked through the guarded golden gates to the door. She hugged her father as he met her and hid the wrapped present in her purse for later.

"How was your date?" he asked his daughter.

"Fine. We went to this lake about a half hour away from here and took a boat ride and watched part of the sunset, but then I realized what time it was and I didn't want you to worry."

"It's all right. Your mother is asleep. She was worried earlier, but I'll let her know that you're home."

"Okay. I'm going to my room then. Good night."

"Good night, honey. Check on Luke on your way, will you?"

"All right," Chibiusa replied. Luke had been her favorite sibling since the day he and Lindsay were born. She had gotten to name him and loved his name as much as she loved him.

She pushed open his door and saw him staring in the darkness at a laptop on his desk. She looked over his shoulder and saw that he was going through records of missing children from five years ago. Lindsay's picture was there, and the kidnapper and his picture were listed, but there was no clue as to where he had taken her.

"Luke, it's time to give up," she said, gently touching her brother's shoulder.

"I can't, Usa," he said, using her mother's old nickname.

"You've been searching for years. Mamoru is long gone with her."

"The only thing that will bring Mom back is Lindsay, but until we find Mamoru, we can't find her."

"I know. Dad was worried about you. Have you eaten?"

"Yeah. I had leftover pizza about an hour ago."

Chibiusa smiled. Her family might be the rulers of the Moon Kingdom, but they still ate like a normal family.

"I'm going to bed. If you need anything, just yell, okay?"

"Yeah," he said and went back to his typing.

She walked down the hall to the room that she and Lindsay had once shared. The bed was still there, unmade from that night that she had gone to Mars to help Haruka.

Chibiusa sat on the bed and retrieved the small box that Helios had given her from her purse. She opened it and inside the wrapping, taped to the box was a note.

"Chibiusa, I want you to marry me," the note read in Helios's all too familiar handwriting.

She opened the box and inside sat a diamond engagement ring on top of a gold band. She looked at it and thought.

'If I did marry him, it would relieve so much stress from Mom and Dad, but is this really what I want to do with my life?' she asked herself. 'I mean, I truly love Helios, but do I want to rule a kingdom for the rest of my life? If I take the throne, I'll have to give up my role as Sailor Moon. I can't give it to one of my siblings, because Lindsay was Sailor Crystal Sun, and can't take the Moon transformation and Luke isn't a girl.'

She logged onto the Internet on her computer. She saw that Kalika, Samuru, Hotaru and Helios were online.

**This is now Instant Message conversation between Kalika and Chibiusa, Samuru and Chibiusa, Hotaru and Chibiusa, and Helios and Chibiusa**

PrincessLoveandBeauty: Hey Chibiusa!

PinkHairedPrincess16: hi Kalika

PrincessLoveandBeauty: what's up?

PinkHairedPrincess16: Nothing here. BRB

PrincessLoveandBeauty: Okay

PinkHairedPrincess16: Helios?

PegasusGuyHelios: Hi Usa

PinkHairedPrincess16: One word: yes

PegasusGuyHelios: Huh?

PinkHairedPrincess16: I accept. I'm wearing the ring now

PegasusGuyHelios: ( I thought that you would

PinkHairedPrincess16: Kalika, Samuru, and Hotaru are online too. Do you want to go into a chat room with them?

PegasusGuyHelios: Sure (

*Instant Message Chat Invitation*

PinkHairedPrincess16: Hey Everyone!

PegasusGuyHelios: Hi Chibiusa, again

MarsFire16: Hi Chibiusa, Hotaru, Kalika, Helios

UnwelcomeSenshi: Hi! Like my new screen name?

PinkHairedPrincess16: Of course ;)

PrincessLoveandBeauty: Hi everyone! The princess of Love and Beauty is here!

PegasusGuyHelios: Oh joy

PrincessLoveandBeauty: shut up

PinkHairedPrincess16: Helios and I have some…news

MarsFire16: Like what?

UnwelcomeSenshi: Say that you're pregnant, Chibiusa and your parents will disown you. And mine won't adopt you

PrincessLoveandBeauty: Kino's disappointed

PinkHairedPrincess16: Why?

MarsFire16: He was hoping that you and Helios would break up

PegasusGuyHelios: Yeah right. The day that Usa and I would break up would be the day that Mamoru comes and brings back Lindsay

MarsFire16: Good way to make your girlfriend feel good, Helios

UnwelcomeSenshi: What's your news, Chibiusa?

PinkHairedPrincess16: Well, Helios asked me to marry him, and I decided now to say no

PegasusGuyHelios: WHAT???

MarsFire16: Good for you, Chibiusa. Now Kino can have a shot

UnwelcomeSenshi: WHAT?

PrincessLoveandBeauty: I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU!!

PinkHairedPrincess16: I'm just kidding. I said yes

PegasusGuyHelios: Good. You scared me for a minute

PrincessLoveandBeauty: Sorry guys, but I have to go. Mom needs me. Bye!

1.1 PrincessLoveandBeauty has signed off

PinkHairedPrincess16: Bye. I have to go too. Call me tomorrow, Hotaru, and Helios, come by the palace at noon. Bye!

**End of Instant Messenger Conversation**

Chibiusa changed into her pajamas and lay down on her bed. She thought about her sister, and her real parents. She missed Setsuna, but she couldn't visit her because of the time key not working. She was fortunate that Demando and Usagi had adopted her. Otherwise, she would have been an orphan, because Setsuna couldn't take care of her and obviously Mamoru wouldn't have. She just wished that she had been the one who was kidnapped, and probably dead, instead of her darling sister. Then, she fell asleep.

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