Hey, sorry it took so long to update. I didn't even relieze that I hadn't finished posting the story until I looked into my profile and noticed that this story had only three chapters. I'll post the rest of this story now, but this mini-series is going to be put on hold for a while. I'm currently writing an alternate-reality fic called "Changes" (weird, I usually hate AU fics, yet now I'm writing one. You can thank Bethany and Chibi-J, their AU fics have inspired me to write my own^.^). Anyway, that fic is just going to be a different idea of how BSSM started. It's so far looking ok, even though I'm still on the prologue, but I'll have to get through a few chapters before I decide if I want to run with it. I have also finished putting together a different idea of how Crystal Tokyo was created, unfortunatly it's all in my head and I can't find enough time to write it down. Between Canadian History (it's my own history and I'm almost flunking the tests! And before now I've always gotten an A in history - pathetic), math class where the teacher loves to assign homework as soon as the bell rings, and learning Japenese I have almost no time for writing. Oh well, hopefully I'll have decided if I like "Changes" enough to start posting. Till then^.^

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"There's the house!" Mina cried out happily. The sooner they got Amy's leg taken care of and Serena put to bed and carefully examined, the better.

"Guys, we'd better get of the roof now. This is the lowest roof around, and it would be safer." Michelle said, jumping off the roof they were on to the ground. The rest followed her, Tuxedo, Venus, and Mars being extra careful.

"Grandma! Grandpa!" Rini cried, jumping down from Jupiter's arms as soon as the Tsukino house was in view. She ran towards the house, only a few steps ahead of the others. Ikuko and Kenji came out the front door and Rini jumped into their arms.

"Oh, Rini, your okay! Thank God your okay!" Ikuko said, laughing and crying as she hugged her granddaughter.

"Rini, we were so worried about you." Kenji said, patting his granddaughter on her head. "What hap- oh my God what happened to her." Kenji ran from where Ikuko and Rini were standing and went to where Darien, he had detransformed as soon as he got to the house, was standing holding Serenity."

"It's okay, Mr. Tsukino." Jupiter said, stepping in front of Darien. "Serena's fine, just…unconscious. She used up a lot energy, but she should be just fine, as long as she gets a lot of rest."

"Right," Kenji said, stepping aside, but not moving his gaze from his daughter's pale face.
Darien and the Scouts hurried past Ikuko, Kenji, and Rini into the house. Darien did his best to avoid Ikuko's scared eyes as he brought Serena into the house. He then took her up to her room and laid her on her bed.

"Oh my," Ms. Mizuno said, coming into the room, followed by everyone else. Rini let go of Ikuko and ran to the bed. Luna and Artemis followed her. "Is she…alright? What happened to her?"
"She'll be fine." Venus said, as she and Mars carefully placed Mercury on the ground near the bed. Mercury immediately took out her computer, typed in a few commands, and placed it on the bed so it could scan Serena. "My biggest concern is why she didn't detransform. In the meantime, Ms. Mizuno, could you bandage up Mercury's leg. It's going to be healed soon, probably by the end of the day, but…"

"Oh, of course." Ms. Mizuno promptly went over to Mercury and opened her medical bag. "Amy, why didn't you tell me you had gotten hurt. This is a pretty large wound. At least it's not bleeding right now."

"It's already begun to heal." Mercury said, while her mother cleaned the cut and wrapped bandages around it. "It should be gone by tomorrow, as long as I don't strain it. Luna do you know why Serena's like this?"

"She said something like "Moon Power" and then was surrounded by silver light. That's what defeated Misetya, I think. Could that have done something to her." Darien asked, not taking his eyes off of Serenity's pale face.

"Are you sure she didn't say "Moon Crystal Power"?" Artemis asked, watching Amy's computer screen.

"I'm almost positive." Darien answered.

"Then I know what it is." Luna said, getting the attention of everyone in the room. "Mars, what did you say during the battle with Beryl that allowed you to put all your power into the Crystal?"

"Mars Power" Mars said, looking puzzled. "Why?"

"That allowed you to take all the power of your guardian planet and focus it as you see fit."
Luna continued. She quickly glanced at Mercury, noticing that she understood what she was getting at. "The Moon was the center of all the power of the Silver Millennium, and even now it retains most of that power. The Empirium Silver Crystal can channel that power and expel it somewhat safely. However, you need to be trained to do that, and I don't think that Serena ever was. Usually, she would have the Crystal receive the power first, so that way it could be handled somewhat safely. But what she did this time was she channeled all of the Moon's power into herself first, then put it into the Crystal. Most likely, that caused a bit of a power overload, since she wasn't used to holding that much energy, and she was knocked unconscious."

"And," Neptune said, catching on "since she was using Lunar power, she stayed in her Princess transformation."

"That's right Neptune." Luna said, finishing. "The only problem is what will happen when she wakes up. For all we know, she might not even be able to detransform, and that could be a problem. I doubt it would be easy to hide the Crescent moon. Unfortunately, I think we'll probably have to just wait and see. As long as everything else is normal, there isn't much we can do."

"When do you think she'll wake up?" Rini asked. She had moved so that she was sitting on the opposite side of the bed, facing everyone else.

"I don't know Rini." Artemis said, checking the readings on the computer. "It's like she's in a coma, but because it was just an extreme energy drain, it should be more like a deep sleep. The fact that she, like the rest of you girls and Darien, heal much faster then the average person, her energy should be replenishing itself quickly, and she should have normally started waking up. However, for some reason, her energy is taking longer to get back to normal, so it's hard to say."

"How much slower is her energy replenishing itself then normal?" Saturn asked curiously.

"That's the strange thing. According to this, when Amy started scanning it was only 25% of it's usual rate. Now it's down to 10%. I honestly don't know what to do."

That shocked everyone. If her energy was only coming back at one-tenth of it's usual rate, then it could be days before she woke up. Unless it went back to the usual rate, then it wouldn't take that long. Either way, they were going to be here for a while.

"Well," Ikuko said, walking towards the door. "I'm going to get some snacks made up. Sailor Jupiter, would you like to help."

"Love to." Jupiter said, jumping up. "But I don't see the need to stay transformed." She quickly detransformed and followed Ikuko to the kitchen.

"She has a point." Mars said. "We don't all need to stay transformed. How about Uranus, Mercury, and Neptune stay transformed, and the rest of us detransform. And then Uranus and Neptune, you two can go down to the front door and fend of the reporters who are already gathering around the house. We can trade off later."

Everyone nodded their agreement, and Mars, Venus, and Saturn detransformed.

"Neptune, wait." Mina said, grabbing Neptune's wrist. "Try to make sure that Uranus doesn't injure any of the reporters." They both smiled, and Neptune went to catch up with Uranus.
"So," Mina said, trying to break the silence that had now settled over the room. "Anyone want to play cards?"

*****

Lita careful carried a tray of hot chocolate filled mugs up the stairs, Ikuko following her with more, as well as some snacks. They could hear Mina's voice coming out of the room.

"What!!! Are you serious? A flush actually beats four aces? That's so unfair!!!" Mina's screeching echoed off the walls, and Lita felt sorry for those who were in the room with her. It would be louder for them then it was for Lita and Ikuko.

"Yup." They heard Sammy say. "I guess it's true what they say about blondes."

Lita shuttered, she knew perfectly well how Mina felt about being called a dumb blonde. And sure enough, as they reached the top of the stairs, they could hear a load crash, and Mina shouting "Take that back!".

'Oh boy.' Lita thought, shaking her head. 'And she is supposed to be the "rational leader".'

*****

It wasn't an easy day for anyone. The girls did their best to keep everyone, mostly Darien and Rini, from getting too scared and upset. Mina did her best to think up new things for them to do, especially since she had decided that they weren't playing cards anymore after she lost twenty dollars to Sammy. They, in the end, played, what Mina dubbed "Stupidest Entrance Lines." Basically, they went through the speeches that they always gave when they arrived on a battle scene, and picked out the stupidest ones. That kept everyone, excepted Darien and Rini who where oblivious to what was happening around them, entertained. Darien had been holding Serena's hand since they brought her home, and only left her side when he went to check the readings on Amy's computer. Around three o'clock that afternoon, the energy went up to forty-five percent of it's usual rate, and was staying there. Hopefully that meant she would be awake tomorrow. In fact, the only time he even woke out of trance was when Rini moved to sit in his lap. She herself had gotten lonely sitting by the wall watching her Mother struggle to survive. Besides, it made her feel better to be with her Dad. Darien smiled at the little girl, and wrapped his other arm around her.

Uranus found a way to turn off the doorbell without permanently breaking it. And as soon as they were sure that the press wouldn't bother them, they joined the rather large group in Serena's bedroom. Neptune spent most of the time looking into the Aqua Mirror, trying to find a clue as to what was going through Serena's head, or at least what had happened to her during the battle. Uranus, however, hung out with the other scouts for a while, then went downstairs to join Sammy at a racing game. He had left after a while, not able to just sit around and watch everyone worry. Kenji had moved into the study to try and get a bit of his work done, or at least do some quiet thinking. Ikuko, unable to do nothing in this situation, had gone on a cleaning frenzy, starting in the kitchen and not stopping in the room until the room she was in was spotless, and Ms. Mizuno had first called anyone's parents that needed to be told that they were okay, then started in on some paperwork that she had been meaning to catch up on.

Amy tried to participate in most of the games Mina came up with, although she ended up spending most of the time either checking how Serena was doing on the computer, and trying to get some schoolwork done. As Amy figured, they would not be back at school for at least two or three more days; Serena and Rini might not go back for even longer. Serena, because she would have to have everything back to normal before she went back, and Rini because this experience was probably fairly traumatizing. However, Rini probably wouldn't go back at all, Ami realized. Most likely, both Serena and Darien would decide that Rini should be home in Crystal Tokyo where she could at least be with her *real* parents. They had been tossing that idea around since the media frenzy, but Serena, Darien, and Luna had decided that as long as nothing else happened, Rini could stay. However, this would probably be enough of a reason to send Rini home. 'And she probably knows it too.' Amy thought, noticing how upset Rini was. 'Of course, it could be because she's watched her mother lie almost dead, fighting for her life, one times too many.'

The night seemed far too long to most. Rini reluctantly fell asleep in Darien's arms, and stayed there through the night. No one had the heart to move her; they knew that the little family should be together. All the girls, at one time or another, fell asleep for at least a little while.

Serena's half-mumbled cry of "Endymion!" at eight o'clock that morning awoke anyone that was sleeping and caused everyone in the house to run to be beside the bed.

"Serena?" Darien asked, his voice begging for her to be all right.

"Endymion?" She said weakly, opening her eyes. "What happened? Where's Mother."

No one paid attention to the fact that she had said Endymion, not Darien. Instead, the girls parted so that Ikuko, followed by Kenji could go to the bed.

"I'm here baby." Ikuko said, standing over the bed. "I'm so glad you're okay."

"I am sorry, but who are you?" Serenity asked, almost fearfully. "My Darien, where is Mother?"

Everyone gasped, and Luna, followed by Artemis, jumped up onto the bed. Amy started typing in commands on her computer, trying to figure out what had happened.

"Serena?" Luna said, approaching the girl.

"Luna!" Serena said happily. "I am glad you are here. But why did you call me Serena? You always said that I should only be referred to as Princess Serenity. You tell that to Mother daily. Why did you change?" Serena then got a good look at where she was. "Luna, where am I? What is this place? Why am I not at home?"

"Serena." Darien whispered, holding her hand tighter. "What is the last thing you remember?"

"We were dancing, at the ball. You…you said that the woman, Beryl, was destroying the Earth, and she was coming to the Moon. She wanted the power Mother and I held. Mother had asked for you to defend our Kingdom in the battle. Then Luna and Artemis came running into the ballroom. They said we were being attacked. I cannot remember what happened after that."

"Alright," Darien said, smiling at her. "That's okay. Now, I want you to stay right here, and I will be right back."

Before Serena could respond, Darien ushered everyone out of the room and into the hallway.
"Okay," he said, holding Rini in his arms. She had jumped into them the second that they entered the hallway. "I'm just going to guess that whatever happened to her in battle, caused her forget whatever happened in this lifetime. "All she can remember is the events right before the battle. It's understanding that she doesn't remember what happened during the battle; it was incredibly traumatic. What we need to do now is find a way to return her memories of this time."

"What about Luna's mind meld?" Mina asked. "It's always worked before. I mean, it brought back all our memories when we forgot, so it should work now, right?"

"It will," Artemis said, from his perch on Mina's shoulder. "I'm just worried about the fact that she might be retain all her memories from the Moon Kingdom. I was there, and some of her memories could really hurt her. She could barely recover from them the first time."

"She'll be fine." Luna said. "She'll probably forget everything that she didn't know before, so I wouldn't worry. The only real problem is that she'll probably be out for a while. She already is weak enough, and we'll be forcing her to remember an entire lifetime. The only upside to all of this is that hopefully it will also make her remember everything that her teachers have been trying to teach her. Finally, an upside to amnesia."

Slight chuckles were heard form everyone. "Alright." Artemis said, bringing everyone back to focus. "Now, I think that it would be best for you girls to transform. I doubt she'll recognize Amara or Michelle without, since you two rarely were scene at the Kingdom not in uniform. Same with you four," he said, looking at Amy, Mina, Raye, and Lita "although you four didn't always wear them, it may make her feel safer. As for you Hotaru, I think it would be up to you. I can't really remember if she ever saw Saturn. It might be possible, but I seriously doubt it. Simply because you are the Soldier of Destruction, I don't think they would let you go on to the Moon, or at least near the Princess. Despite the fact that you are a guardian, and defiantly not evil, they wouldn't want to risk it."

"I'll stay untransformed." Hotaru said. "She would probably panic if she saw Saturn."
Everyone nodded, then stepped back to allow Amy, Mina, Lita, Raye, Amara, and Michelle to transform. Rini stayed untransformed through an unspoken agreement, and Darien changed into Prince Endymion. Rini silently made a mental note to tell her Father that he should wear the prince outfit more often, he looked incredibly cute, for a Dad that is.

When the girls were done, Endymion opened the door and stepped into the room, with the cats on his heals and the scouts following. Rini and Hotaru, along with Ikuko, Sammy, and Kenji followed. Ms. Mizuno had to, unfortunately, go to work at the hospital.

"Endy!" Serenity cried out happily when she saw him. He hurried to her bedside and wrapped his arm around her shoulders, holding her close. "Now Endymion, please tell me where I am? I think I may be on Earth, is that correct. The sky looks the same, and I can just see the Moon in the distance? But why does it appear different outside?" Serena gestured to the window, and slowly looked around the room. "Oh! Scouts! Oh, you are here!" she gasped slightly. "Uranus? Neptune? How is it possible that you are here? We were all told that you were killed by Beryl, trying your best to defeat her before she could reach the Moon." Everyone was startled when they heard that, although, as the scouts realized, it was perfectly logical. They had to die somehow.
"Am I…Am I dead? Were we all killed because of Beryl? Then why are we on Earth? Please, what is happening?"

"Serena," Luna said, jumping onto the bed. "Now, listen to me. I want you to just look at me, and do not ask why. Understood."

"Yes Luna." Serena replied. Luna immediately began concentrating on Serena's symbol. After a few seconds, a golden beam appeared, connecting the crescents together. Serena's face took on dazed look, like she was in a daydream. They stayed like that for a minute, until the beam began to flicker and fade. When it finally disappeared, Serena's gown faded back to her everyday clothes, and she collapsed into Darien's arms. She had her eyes half open as she looked around the room. "Rini." She whispered, trying to find the child. Rini ran forward to the bed and grabbed Serena's other hand.

"Mommy!" She cried happily. "You're okay!"

Serena smiled at the little girl. "Everyone," She said, still whispering. "We did it. We won." With that, she fell asleep again. Darien softly lay her down on her bed, covering her with a blanket. He had detransformed from his prince form while the mind-meld was happening.

"Serena?" Rini asked, frightened. "Mommy? What's going on? What happened to her?"

"It's okay, Rini." Mina said, bending down on one knee so she was eye level with the little girl. She put her hands on Rini's shoulders and turned Rini so that she was facing her. "She's just resting. She was weak when she woke up, and the mind-meld as well as the fact that she just remembered an entire lifetime. She'll be all right soon. Just relax. Okay?"

Somehow, Mina had the same ability to make everyone around her happy, and that so Rini was cheered up quickly.

"Okay." She responded. "Ummm, does this mean that I'll have to go home now?"