Serena woke up the next day from her miserable sleep. She was still tired since she was thinking about Darien the whole night and couldn't sleep a wink. She still felt like crying again. However, the smell of fresh cooked bacon aroused her stomach and made her realize where she was. She was still in Diamond's apartment and in his guest bed. She slipped into her clothes from the previous day and walked into the kitchen. Breakfast was being served with two places at the table already set.

"I see you're awake." Serena spun around and saw Diamond behind her. "You did this for me?" she asked.

"Yeah. I didn't want to bother you or anything..."

"Oh no! It's okay. It smells so good. Thanks for making breakfast."

"It's nothing."

"Since when did you know how to cook? Didn't the servants of your family do the meals for you?"

"Yes but I was taught a few things before I made my way back here." Diamond poured some coffee into his mug. "What would you like to drink?"

"Milk if that's fine with you."

"It's okay." He poured her a glass of milk and placed the cup at her spot. "Are you sure you're okay, Serena?"

"I'm sure!" she insisted. "Diamond, I must speak with you."

"Yeah. Shoot."

"Can I move in with you?"

He spat out the coffee that was in his mouth. "Are you kidding?"

"No. Is this a good thing or a bad thing?"

"A good thing! I wouldn't mind sharing my place with you."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes. And I bet your father wouldn't mind."

"He shouldn't. He thinks you should be my boyfriend."



Andrew and his sister Elizabeth heard about Darien's accident and tried so hard to comfort Serena at the Crown Center Restaurant and Acrade. "Serena, we know how much you miss Darien," Andrew said. "He was a great guy and a great lover to you."

"But you have idea how much he meant to me!" Serena started to go into another period of tears. "I was going to marry him in a year or two!"

"Serena, it'll be okay," Elizabeth assured her. "Andy and I are here to help if you need anything."

"Thanks. I have to go." Serena left for Raye's temple and needed to talk the Sailor Scouts. She instead ran into Seiya who was out on his daily walk. She tripped over a crack in the sidewalk and landed into his arms. "Are you okay, miss?"

Did he just call me miss? she thought. "Yes. I didn't mean to bump into you, sir."

Seiya laughed. When he looked into her face, he felt that he knew her from somewhere. "Do I know you?"

"Yeah. I was at the concert a few days ago at my old high school..."

"I think I saw you in the crowd. I'm sorry the whole thing was rudely interrupted by that monster."

"It was okay. I hope your next gig will be better than the last."

"Thank you." He felt a weird feeling inside him. He heard his inner Sailor Star Scout's voice in his mind. "This girl has some incredible energy in her. She is not like most people," it whispered.

Serena backed away from Seiya. "I'm terribly sorry for running into you. You see, I'm having a hard time..." She blushed for a moment. "I guess I shouldn't be talking about my personal life in front of a famous teen idol."

Seiya shook his head. "Most girls do. You can continue your story if you desire."

"Well, my boyfriend just died in a plane crash to America. I was going to move into his place, but he didn't tell me that he was going to finish his college degree in the States. Now, I'm having a difficult time trying to cope with his death." She started to cry her life away.

He place his hands on her shoulders. "I'm sorry to hear about your boyfriend. I'm sure he was very good to you. What's your name?"

"Huh?" She wasn't paying any attention to him.

"Your name."

"Oh! Serena. Serena Tsukino."

"Serena is such a pretty name for such a pretty girl like you."

"You mean it?"

"Yeah."

"Seiya..." She turned away from him. "I have to go. I'm needed at home. Nice meeting you!" She felt guilty for leaving him. The truth was the fact that she was starting to like Diamond when he took her into his apartment for the night. He too was upset about Darien's death, even though he knew what would happen. Seiya, however, understood her feelings and told her what he thought about her. Pretty girl? she thought. Why would he call me that?



Her mother didn't jump the gun when Serena walked into the doorway a few minutes later. It was amazing that Ilene wasn't upset that her girl spent the night at Diamond's house. Kent didn't even blow up. That was, of course, before lunchtime. "Mom and Dad, I have decided to move in with David," Serena began.

"What?!" Her dad's face was all red.

"Really, Serena?" Ilene asked. "That's nice to hear. I would love to help you move out the 'nest.'"

Kent slammed the newspaper down onto the table. "No, you won't, honey. That girl of mine cannot and will not move into a guy's house until she is married!"

Chibi Chibi began to cry. Rini hugged her to calm her down. "It's okay," she said soothingly. "Serena, if you do..."

"I know what I'm doing!"

"You're such a ditz, Serena," Sammy said. "If you and this David guy decide to go farther than just room mates..."

"Shut up, Sammy!" Serena screamed. "Dad, please let me move in with David. He treats me better than Darien sometimes and I'm 19, not 9!"

Kent took a deep breath. "Well...We'll talk about it tonight."



Galaxia looked at the lights of Tokyo that night. It was such a pretty sight from her spaceship. "Too bad this lovely city will be covered in darkness when I take over. This wouldn't have happened if Serenity actually believed me and not ban me to another part of the universe."

Iron Mouse silently approached to her. "Your majesty, the leader of your Sailor Scouts wish to talk to you."

The queen snapped to her fingers. Dark Sailor Moon entered into the study. "Queen Galaxia, we have some bad news."

"Did Tuxedo Mask survive?"

"No. My Sailor Scouts believed that the Crisis Brooch that Super Sailor Moon wears is almost done. It could be a problem if we don't accquire the Dark Forces from the Silver Imperial Crystal."

"If we don't, then you won't become Shadow Sailor Moon?"

"Right."

"Then we must plan a big attack. But how?"



"You're what?!"

All the Sailor Scouts gasped when they heard about Serena's news the next day. "You can't, Serena!" Raye warned her. "It's Diamond we're talking about here! He was an enemy of ours, and now you want to move in with him. And Darien?! How would he feel about this?"

"He wouldn't mind!"

Mina shook her head. "Let's face the facts: Diamond is not in love with you. He's lusting for you. He wants to- -"

"No! I trust him! He wouldn't never even consider that unless I say so! I know it's weird, but maybe we were meant to be."

Trista agreed. "You might be right, Serena."

"What do you mean?" Amara asked.

"Before the Silver Millenium came, Sailor Moon got married to another person before she married King Darien. He somehow joined the Negaverse before his wife woke up from her sleep."

"So if Diamond is supposedly Serena's first love, then we have fought an old ally," Amy suggested.

"And I feel really sad if it's true," Serena whispered.



Seiya told his brothers about his encounter with Serena. "I think she may be the one we're helping out in the battle against Galaxia."

"If so, then we may have to avoid seeing her in public," Yaten said. "We cannot let her know that we too are Sailor Scouts."

"You're right. But I had feelings for her..."

"Seiya's in love with a fan?" Taiki laughed.

"Well, I don't know! I really wanted to kiss her but I couldn't. It'd be wrong for me to do so. You do know that we are not really men."

"You're right." Yaten frowned. "Wait. Didn't you say she lost her boyfriend who was on his way to the States?"

"Yeah. Why?"

Yaten turned white. "We have met our true leader then. And we didn't even know it!"

"What are we going to do?" Taiki asked.

Seiya narrowed his eyes at the other two men. "Play it cool and keep the truth about her as a secret."



Serena walked through the park that night. She was exhausted from moving her stuff into her new room mate's home. Diamond was kind enough to give up his guest bed for her and promised her parents that nothing bad will happen to their daughter. He made a vow that he wouldn't dare to touch her if she didn't allow him.

The crescent moon glowed a bright light, and the sky was filled with stars shining everywhere. Serena felt a cold wind and spun around to find another copy of herself only dressed in black. "Hello, Sailor Moon," the dark Serena smiled. "You know who I am, don't you?"

Serena quickly pulled out her brooch from her pocket and screamed "Moon Cosmic Power!" Within seconds, she became Sailor Moon while her double turned into Dark Sailor Moon. "You won't get away with it," she warned.

"Do you wish to battle alone?"

Sailor Moon gritted her teeth. "Bring it on."



Diamond didn't pay attention to the sparkling brightness that glowed on and off around the crystal white rose on his table. He was too busy read his romance novel. Somehow he heard Darien's voice inside. "Sailor Moon needs you!" he ordered. "Go now!"



Sailor Moon did needed his help all right. She was knocked down into the ground after receiving a big whipping from Dark Sailor Moon's dark tiara. "Give up?" Dark Sailor Moon sneered.

"No..." Sailor Moon tried to stand up, but she collasped back down after losing so much strength.

Dark Sailor Moon stood above her dark scepter in her hands. "It's such a shame to leave you cry for mercy, but it's all a shame that you have to die so young." Before she could make a move, a white rose knocked the scepter out of her hands. "No!" she screamed as she saw the rose. "He can't be alive!"

Sailor Moon gasped as she saw the rose too. "Can it be...?" She looked up and saw Prince Diamond with a diamond mask covering the area around his eyes. "Diamond?"

Dark Sailor Moon groaned. "Not you again! You'll pay for this!"

"No I won't!" He ran toward her with his diamond sword in his hands and swung it at his target. He missed. Dark Sailor Moon leaped out of the way and knocked him off his feet as she kicked his ankles.

Sailor Moon quickly pulled out her scepter. "Moon scepter..."

"Think again, Moon brat!" Dark Sailor Moon yelled. "Dark Moon scepter destruction!" The Dark Forces from her scepter knocked out Sailor Moon cold and unconscious. The evil Scout smiled as she defeated her worthless copy of herself. "The end has come."

"No it hasn't! Mars celestial fire surround!" Sailor Mars's fire wall shot up from the ground and surrounded Dark Sailor Moon.

"Uranus world shaking!"

"Jupiter thunderclap crash!" An earthquake that Sailors Uranus and Jupiter had created shook the ground beneath the Galaxian Sailor Scout's feet.

"Pluto dead scream!" A blinding purple light was heading toward her. Quickly, Dark Sailor Moon dodged it and leaped out of the fire wall. Sailors Mercury and Neptune put the flames out and thought they should combine their powers together, but when they heard Sailor Mini Moon crying over the lifeless body of her leader, all ten of the Sailor Scouts surrounded Sailor Moon. Tears began to fall down from their faces and landed on her. "Please don't die," Sailor Mini Moon whispered constantly.

Tuxedo Diamond Mask saw the dying Sailor Moon and knelt down beside her. "Sailor Moon, wake up." He gently kissed her forehead and her tiara disappeared into her golden crescent moon marking. Her Sailor Scout uniform also changed into the uniform that was once belonged to Super Sailor Moon. The old transformation brooch accquired the superior powers and turned into a heart-shaped brooch with a crystalized moon symbol.

She finally opened her eyes.

"Welcome back, sweetie," he smiled.

"What happened?" she asked.

"Let's just say that Super Sailor Moon lives again."

She nodded. "I think I can fight again." She stood up and faced her new challenge: Shadow Sailor Moon. "I see you have also changed."

"Yes. Just be aware that whenever you transform into a higher level, I do the same." Their scepters became heart-shaped rods. The only difference is the fact that Shadow Sailor Moon's rod was black and not red. "Shadow moon heart ache!" Black hearts began to come toward Super Sailor Moon.

Dodging from the attack, the new and improved Sailor Scout of justice also made her move. "Moon rainbow heart ache!" This time, red hearts were ready to hit Shadow Sailor Moon. However, the target vanished. "I'll be back for you, Sailor Moon!" she vowed.

"And I'll be ready for you, Dark Sailor Moon."



All the Sailor Scouts were glad to have their superior powers back. They didn't noticed that the Sailor Star Scouts saw the whole battle from the trees. "Looks like we're gonna need to be on alert at all times," Sailor Star Healer commented.

"Yes," Sailor Star Fighter agreed. "We found Super Sailor Moon. Now we need to protect her and help her to become Eternal Sailor Moon."



Meanwhile, Galaxia was happy to hear that her Galaxian Sailor Scouts became Shadow Galaxian Sailor Scouts. "Iron Mouse, find a place in Tokyo where we may call it 'home.'"

Iron Mouse looked at the queen with a surprised look on her face. "You're moving onto Earth?"

"Yes. I have big plans for the Sailor Scouts. Also, I need to find out who is the man behind that diamond mask. He looks so familar."

"Yes, your majesty." Iron Mouse left the study and allowed Galaxia to be alone. "If that man is Prince Diamond, I got a big surprise for him when we meet again," the queen smiled with an evil grin. "A big surprise indeed."