The Outer Sailor Scouts finally arrived. "Sorry we were late," Sailor Uranus apologized. "We were working on your Super Sailor brooch when Luna came by and told us what happened."

"How did you managed to defeat the monster?" Sailor Pluto asked.

"It wasn't a monster, Pluto," Sailor Moon replied. "It was evil copies of us. And they surrendered before I made a move.

"Is that the reason why that Galaxia creep attacked Professor Tomoe yesterday?" Sailor Neptune asked.

"I think so," Sailor Mercury said. "Apparently, she must have heard about the clones, and so she took an advantage over us by making her own Sailor Scouts."

"Wait until I get my hands on her," Sailor Mini Moon growled.



"You're kidding?!" Andrew, Darien's friend, spat out his coffee onto Serena's face. "Evil Sailor Scouts?!"

Serena cleaned off her face. "I'm not."

"I'm surprised there wasn't an evil me," Darien said.

"That is strange to think about. You are technically considered as a Sailor Scout. Still, you're a Tuxedo Knight because you're a guy."

A flashback of his first battle with Galaxia appeared in Darien's mind. When he threw his rose at her from killing Professor Tomoe, he smashed a test tube of DNA. "I destroyed my own copy!" he exclaimed.

"What?"

"Serena, I saved myself from battling an evil me. Before you showed up with the Scouts, I destroyed a test tube of DNA. That DNA was mine."

"Wow. Now wonder there wasn't an evil you when you showed up last night."

"I have no idea why Galaxia wants your clones," Andrew said.

"Could this be another way to take over the world and destory the Sailor Scouts of Justice?" Serena was starting to sound like her true self, which was freaking Darien and Andrew out.

"Maybe..." Darien sweatdropped. God, I hope she doesn't embarrass me in this restaurant by acting like Sailor Moon, he thought.



Darien had to do some business after he finished his small brunch with his girlfriend. Serena walked out of the restaurant alone. "Psst, Serena!" A small female voice came from the bushes neary by. Luna jumped out in front of her mistress.

"Luna..." Serena picked up the black cat. "What time is it?"

"The last time I checked, it was 10:50 AM." She looked at the clock above the Tokyo Shopping Center. "Now it's 11:45."

Serena gasped. "Oh no! I promised Mom that I would help her clean up the house around 11!" With that said, she sped off to the direction of her house. Just as she turned the corner to her left, she bumped into a man. She looked up at him with embarrassment. He was dressed in a brown leather jacket with a black shirt underneath it. He was also wearing light khaki pants and black boots. His eyes were covered by a pair of sunglesses, and the sun's light made his silver hair sparkle like...

"Diamond!" Serena screamed as she recognized the stranger she ran into by accident. He was holding her against his chest. She pulled away from him immediately. "Okay, why are you back from the dead, buddy?"

The former prince of the planet Nemesis chuckled as he put his sunglasses away into the left pocket of his leather jacket. His violet eyes looked directly into Serena's dark blue eyes. "Let's just say you gave me a second chance."

"A second chance?! If I did, it was 4 years ago when you were dying in my arms! As a matter of fact, I didn't!"

"You're right. You didn't. But you did without even knowing."

Serena shuddered at that comment. "How?"

"Oh come on, Serena. Think about it! You are Neo-Queen Serenity of the 30th century. You don't know what goes on in the future every single day."

"Are you saying that my future self brought you back from the dead?" Diamond nodded. "But what about Sapphire, Emerald, and Rubeus?"

"Sapphire is somewhere away from the Netherworld. Emerald and Rubeus refused to come. I'm the only one who survived the long trip so far."

"Great! I am assuming that you want me to be yours, right?"

"Not really." Serena was shocked from his response. "My feelings for you back then were not for love...But for lust." He sighed from his confession. "I wanted you because of your attractive looks. Believe me. Your eyes and hair can make 1,000 men asking for your hand in marriage."

Serena laughed. "No, they wouldn't."

Diamond whispered into her ear. "Yes, they would. Look at me. I was close to propse to you when we first met."

"But you wanted me to carry your child!"

"That's true. But I have no intentions to steal you away from your Darien." Good grief, I can't believe I remembered the king's name, he thought. I think I'm gonna die from just saying that.



For almost an hour, Serena and Diamond talked like old high school friends. They spent their conversation in the park nearby on a bench. She told him how Rini was doing with school and what happened after his death. He described his torture in the underworld and how he hated it. "It was nothing like Earth or Nemesis," he told her. "No plants, no fun...No love. Just pain and loneliness." A tear came from his eye and fell down his pale face.

"I'm sorry, Diamond," Serena said. "I would have healed you from the Dark Energy you possessed and maybe Sapphire too."

"Your crystal wouldn't have healed us completely. I deserved to die after all the trouble I caused."

"You didn't know any better. That Wiseman was controlling your mind!"

"Yeah. And if I left and betrayed him, I'd suffer the consequences immediately." Diamond looked at Serena. She is so understanding, he thought. She definitely did not change a thing about her one bit.

Serena sighed. "You do know that if Darien caught us together alone, he'll be very angry with me."

"You're right." Diamond got up from his seat. He stuck his hand out in front of Serena. "I'll take you home."

Luna, who was resting across Serena's shoulder the whole time, whispered into her ear. "I have no idea if we can trust him. After all, he was the enemy."

Diamond shook his head. "Luna, look at my face and tell me what has been changed."

Luna looked hard. She gasped when she noticed his upside-down black moon insignia on his forehead disappeared. He was just a normal guy now. "Your dark crescent moon is gone."

He nodded his head. "Yeah...I'm not the evil Prince Diamond anymore. Serena, do you want me to walk you home? We'll swing by my apartment so you know where to find me."

Serena thought for a moment. If Darien drove by and saw us together, he'll demand for a reason why Diamond's back and why he is hanging around me. And why would I have to go to Diamond's apartment for anything? Somehow, I feel like I can now trust him. Maybe nothing bad will happen.

"Well?" He was getting impatient.

"Okay."



As soon as he unlocked his door, Diamond walked Serena and Luna into his apartment. Serena expected to find some traces of royalty in his lving room since he was a prince. It was just a normal apartment like Darien's. Books filled the shelves, movies and compact discs filled the home entertainment center racks, and a comfty couch with a glass coffee table took up most of the room's space.

An expensive crystal chess set was on the coffee table. Serena examined the pieces. The pawns were the eight older Sailor Scouts, the rook was a human Artemis the white guardian cat, Darien was the knight, the bishop was Rini as Sailor Mini Moon, and the queen was Serena. Her eyes widened when she saw the king piece as Diamond!

Diamond came back from the kitchen without his leather jacket over his shirt. "So you like my chess set, don't you?"

"Where did you get this?" Serena asked.

"I made it myself."

"So that would explain why I was your queen while you were the king. You had to put Darien as the knight."

"That set was made when I had a crush on you. I got bored one day from playing normal chess, and I thought I should play my own game. So I made my game out of black and silver diamonds. You know what side they represent."

"The Negamoon and the White Moon?"

"Yes. No one would play with me. They all thought I was crazy over you."

"Which you were."

"Ready to go home? I'll take you in my car."



Diamond's white convertible pulled up beside the Tsukino resident. Sammy, Serena's nasty little brother, just came back home from football practice. "Serena! What on earth are you doing with a stranger."

"Chill out," Serena barked. "He's an old friend of mine."

"You mean not an old boyfriend of yours?"

That was the last straw. Serena's face grew red and she exploded right in front of his face. "Listen to me and listen good! This guy who drove me home met me 4 years ago! We never went out on a date. You know well that I love Darien, and I'll never ditch him for my old friend!"

"Okay, okay. Geez, Serena, I think you just broke my eardrums from your screaming."

"Good!"

"Serena?" Ilene, her mother, called out from the driveway.

"Oh no," Serena groaned as she saw her father Kent behind her mother. He's gonna yell at me because I brought home another man who is older than me, she thought. She was ready to receive her punishment. "I can explain..." she started.

"Who is this young man?" Ilene asked.

"Umm..." Serena didn't want to say his real name.

"I'm David Jewelston," Diamond smiled. "You must be Serena's parents. She told me great things about you." He wrapped his arm around Serena's tiny waist.

"She has, hasn't she?" Ilene asked. "It's a pleasure to meet you."

"I'm sure you're not like her boyfriend at all, aren't you?" Kent asked. His wife gave him a tiny smack on the shoulder from her spatula she was holding.

"No!" Diamond laughed. "And we're not dating. I'm just an old friend of hers from a long time ago. We haven't seen each other for years."

"She never mentioned anything about you in the past," Ilene said.

"That's because she didn't want to feel so depressed in front of you. You see, I left for America due to some personal problems. My parents were suffering from a great disease that ran in both sides of my family. My father died two months during my visit. About a month before I came here, my mother passed away too. Now that I have no family left in the States, I decided to come back to Tokyo."

"That's sad to hear about your situation," Kent said.

Serena knew the truth. Man, he is such a good liar, she thought. She almost forgot why she was home. "Mom, don't we have some stuff to get done around the house? I'm sorry I was late."

"Oh yes! I almost forgot too. I assumed your date with Darien this morning went a little past your schedule, so I was busy sewing some stuff for you dad." Kent blushed from his wife's expression.

"It's nice meeting you," Sammy said. "Dad's right. At least you're better than that selfish Darien." He sniggered loud enough for his sister to hear.

Serena was fed up. "Sammy! I love Darien, and I always will!" Before she could get her hands onto her brother's neck, he ran into the house.

"Forgive my son, David," Ilene apologized.

"And he's how old?"

"14," Serena muttered.

"Well I knew a 14-year-old girl once who acted like a little kid sometimes." Diamond winked at her.

Serena was embarrassed. "But that 14-year-old grew up, right?" She gave him her "you-better-say-'yes'-or-else" look.

"Of course!" David said.

"Well, my boy, you are welcomed anytime in our house." Kent placed his right hand on Diamond's shoulder. "Just make sure you let us know in advance if you're coming." That was one of Darien's flaws with the Tsukino family. He always made a loud appearance when I wanted to see Serena.

"Thank you. It was an honor to meet you and your wife."

Ilene smiled. "One of these night, I am sure that you'll come by and have dinner with us."

Somehow Sammy heard what his mother said from the house. "No, he can't! If he does, I'm going to my friend's place for the night!"



As soon as her parents left, Serena walked with Diamond back to his car. "I can't believe you lied to my parents," she said, "but I understand why you did it. You have to keep your identity a secret, right?"

"Right. I am very surprised that you brother and father speak ill of your boyfriend. Why's that?"

"Dad had a bad feeling of me dating an 18-year-old boy 4 years ago. He learned to live with it and handled it okay. Sammy, on the other hand, thinks Darien is not my type."

"So they think that we're a lovely couple."

"Yeah. If only I wished that it was true. I can't alter my future, you know."

"No, you can't. You and Darien will be the most powerful husband and wife team in the 30th century. If it was you and me, we'd be using our powers for the sake of evil. Follow your destiny, Serena. Don't let me stop you."

"I won't." She was about to give Diamond a kiss but quickly relaized that this was not Darien. If she kissed him, then she would do anything to be with the man who once made her love him. She didn't want to give up her Darien at all. "Sorry," she whispered.

"It was a good thing you stopped." Diamond got into his convertible and started the car. He was about to change gears when Serena asked him an absurd question. "Why did you call yourself David Jewelston when you were talking to my parents?"

Diamond looked at her. "Do you know a guy who goes by the name 'Diamond' other than me? 'David Jewelston' is my alias name on Earth like you, Sailor Moon. Here you are called 'Serena Tsukino.' You gave me that name before I traveled back to the present. If we are alone or with your Sailor friends, then you can call me 'Diamond.' Other than that, I'm David."

"Okay. Bye!" He waved back to her and drove back to his apartment.



Rini found Serena reading a book in her pink nightgown in their shared bedroom. "Serena, was it me or were you talking to Diamond this afternoon?"

"It was him all right. He's changed a lot since I last saw him."

"Serena, don't trust him. He's trying to get you to fall into his trap again! If Darien- -"

"Darien will not do anything to him! He's not part of the Negamoon anymore! He knows that I love Darien, and he can't change the future anymore." Serena put her book aside onto the bedside table. "Besides, he's one of us now."

Rini sat down on the bed in front of her future mother. Serena began to brush her pink rabbit-like hair. "Why is he back from the dead?"

"Let's just say your mother gave him a second chance in life. I'm sure there's more than just that reason."

"Will he steal you again?"

"No. Not unless something bad happens to Darien, which I highly doubt it."



Diamond walked through the park near his apartment. His favorite spot was the white rose bushes. The petals looked like diamonds shining from the moonlight above in the clear sky. He knew he wasn't alone. "So you come by this area too, your majesty?"

A familiar male voice came from behind Diamond. "I pass by once in a while. I go to the red rose bushes instead. You know that."

Diamond looked back and saw Tuxedo Mask standing right behind him. "I don't want to start a fight. How did you know that I was alive and well?"

"I felt your presence when we passed each other on the interstate outside of Tokyo." Somehow when Darien's red Corvette passed Diamond's car, he felt a weird energy from the driver. Then he saw who it was as soon as he passed him completely.

"Me too."

"I see you have listened to my future self's orders. I was warned that an old 'friend' of mine will come back before my time was up. Now I know who I was talking about."

"More like 'would be talking about,'" Diamond corrected him. "So what's on your mind."

"I need to give you something you will need one day." Tuxedo Mask pulled out a beautiful sword made out of crystal clear diamonds. "Remember this?"

The sword floated into Diamond's hand. The moment he grabbed it, he transformed into his former self without the Negamoon insignia on his forehead. The bloodstains he wore on his silky white shirt with a blue flame-like design from his battle with the Wiseman disappeared. His purple cape was mended and so was his silky white pants. A shiny belt of diamonds appeared around his waist as well as a slot for his sword that was attached to it. He slid his sword into the slot that was on his left side. "I haven't used my sword in ages. I don't know if I can fight a monster with it."

"I'm sure you can."

"You can practice now." Dark Sailor Moon's voice appeared out of nowhere. She suddenly wrapped her arm around Tuxedo Mask's neck and tightened her grip to choke her victim. "Welcome back, Prince Diamond. It's such a perfect time to meet you again. And it'll be the last one too. I'm sorry you have to watch your old rival die like this." She commnded a dagger to come into her hand. Placing the sharp edge against the man in black's neck, she asked, "Do you have any last words?"

"He might not but I do!" Sailor Moon's voice boomed. "You let him go right now!" A dark figure from the other side of the park walked up to them. The light from the streetlamp showed the figure's identity as Sailor Moon. "I mean it," she growled.

Dark Sailor Moon put her dagger away and surrounded herself, and Tuxedo Mask, with an evil energy that was draining her victim's energy.



Meanwhile in Crystal Tokyo, King Endymion fell to his knees. "Serenity, I think Dark Sailor Moon is taking away my energy!"

"Oh no!" His wife rushed to his side. "I just hope someone will stop this madness before I lose my husband again."



Sailor Moon's attacks were useless. Her tiara couldn't break the dark force, and her scepter missed its target. As every moment passed, Tuxedo Mask's strength grew weaker and weaker.

Diamond couldn't take it anymore. A white light surrounded his body and his silvery hair flew behind wildly. His eyes were glowing violet as he shouted "STOP THIS TORTURE!" He drew out his sword and swung at Dark Sailor Moon. She disappeared and let her victim go out of her grip. He landed on the cement ground unconscious. The evil Sailor Scout reappeared and was floating in the sky. "If you attack my friends again, you'll dearly pay for it!" Diamond warned.

"We'll see about that. I'll get you, Sailor Moon. And your little friends too!" Dark Sailor Moon disappeared into thin air and reappeared in Galaxia's hideout. "We found a surpsrise for you," the leader of the Galaxian Sailor Scouts reported to Galaxia. "The once dead Prince Diamond is back. He has a such a high energy level and nearly killed me. What should we do about him?"

The evil queen smiled wickedly. "We'll keep a close eye on him. He might be helpful for our mission."



Diamond and Serena helped Darien back to their friend's apartment. They sat him down onto the couch. Serena grabbed a hot wet cloth from the kitchen and placed it onto Darien's head. He was moaning but couldn't open his eyes.

Serena looked at Diamond. "Thank you," she said.

"It was nothing. I didn't want you to lose your lover." He quickly stood up. "He should regain his energy level by tomorrow morning."

As Diamond began to walk out of the apartment, Serena stopped him. "Diamond...err...David, I mean, you don't have to leave. Darien would like to have some company when he wakes up. You need to tell him what happened."

"I will...Soon." To keep his promise, Diamond lifted her chin with his right hand and gave her a quick kiss on her lips. He couldn't believe what had just done. Hoping that Darien didn't see what was going on in the hallway, he quickly left and walked back to his apartment alone.