--Darien--

I swear I know that face anymore. The blue eyes, the *meatballs*, the attitude. But Rini had just call her *mom*. 'This doesn't make sense,' I thought shaking my head.
"Are you an imposter?" Raye shouted. "Mars Celestial fire-"
"Wait!" Mercury and I called at the same time.
"Surround!"
The woman holding Rini just extend her hand out, palm up, and like magic, the fire dissolved.
"Usually," she said. "When one uses good powers against a good person, it won't affect or the person will block it. In this case, it's both."
'She certainly doesn't sound like Serena,' I thought
"Listen," Jupiter began, "if you want to-"
"Hold it Lita," interrupted Mercury as she continued to type on her mini computer. "I'm not getting any bad vibes from her. Just restrain yourself."
The woman smiled. "Thank you Mercury. I know I could always count on you."
Venus's eyebrows shot up, "Do we know you?"
I nodded along. That was the question on all of our minds. Who was she and what did she want.
"You were in my dream."
All of our heads turned to Sailor Moon. It was her first words since the other girl appeared.
"Yes I was," she nodded, "Serena, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to scare you in any-"
"How did you know her name?" I shot at her. "Who are you?"
"This is my mommy," Rini said sweetly.
The woman took a deep breath and began. "I am Queen Serenity, queen of the earth. I admit, I am the future self of Serena or Sailor Moon, as you call her now."
Everybody gasped including me. 'Why the hell would she come back? And Rini is her daughter? Then that would mean-'
"Whose the father?" Raye asked shooting a glance at me.
Queen Serenity, however did not look amused. She started to open her mouth when a fog drifted beside her and started to clear.

-Endymion-

Once I appeared, it took me a while to adjust my eyes. And what a sight that was. I was able to see Serenity with a look that said, "Die".
Before she could say anything, my daughter ran up to me, screaming "Daddy!"
"Guess that answers my question," Sailor Mars mumbled. I looked at her, picking up Rini, confused. I shook my head and opened my mouth but before I could get a word in, my wife bombarded me.
"Well glad you decided to show up!" she shouted. "I just love how you handle things. Lets just worry about the things in the future. Who cares about the past? Our 6-year-old daughter is in the past but hey let's not worry. Everything will be fine, won't it?"
Shaking my head, I glanced around at the others. They looked scared. Venus and Mars were holding on to each other afraid that Serenity might blow up at them too. Sailor Moon looked like she was going to pass out.
"I am so glad that you have everything figured out, Endymion!" she continued. "If I had not showed up, all of them would probably be dead. They almost got a hold of Sailor Moon and Rini. Guess you didn't think that far ahead, did you?"
"Daddy, what's wrong with Mommy? Why is she mad?" Rini whimpered.
Holding her tighter, I looked angrily at my wife. "Would you just calm down, Serenity? I do not have this power to look in the past. Even if they *had* got caught, they would have found a way to get out if it. They always find away. They are the sailor scouts."
"Maybe you should rethink your strategy, Endy. All the time not everything is going to work out."
"Will somebody please tell me what's going on?" We all turned to see Sailor Moon who looked scared out of her wits.
I could see Serenity calm down in an instance. "I'm sorry," she apologized. "I'm not usually like this. A lot of things have been going on."
"Did you come here to save us or something?" Mercury asked, her nose scrunching up.
"And whose the cape guy?" asked Mars amusement in her eyes.
"First things first," began Serenity. "I have come to warn you. As you heard me before, I am, from the future in a city called Crystal Tokyo."
"I heard Rini talking about it," my past self said.
Serenity nodded. "It's going really bad right now. The fight, I mean. We could lose. But remember this," she said in a stern voice looking fiercely in their eyes. Her gaze went from Sailor Moon, Tuxedo Mask, Mars, Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, and back again. "Sailor Soldiers, it has been your job to protect the princess or Sailor Moon. You must try, more than ever." Then she looked directly at Tuxedo Mask. "That means you too. I don't care what your dreams have been or what you think, you must protect her."
"Dreams?" Sailor Moon asked, confused.
Serenity rose up her hand to silence her. "Not only do you need to protect her more now than ever, but you must look after Rini. It is very important. If they capture those two, you will not be able to survive this fight. Do you understand?"
All the sailors nodded but Tuxedo Mask just narrowed his eyes. "Why?"
"It is just important. Don't wonder now."
Okay that was enough explaining, Serenity had to leave now. "Serenity," I began, "*they* know you are here."
"Already?" she asked. "Are you sure?"
I detected nervousness in her voice. "I am positive. You need to leave now. Please. For once listen to me."
She just rolled her eyes. "I listen to you a lot."
"But you still haven't answered all our questions," Venus pointed out.
"Endymion will do the rest and more. Thank you for listening and I know that you will do as I have requested. I will return again."
"No, you won't," I muttered under me breath. Luckily, nobody heard me, including Serenity.
"Mommy, are you leaving me again?"
Serenity took Rini from my arms and walked over to Sailor Moon. "Yes honey, but I will see you again, don't you worry. Stay with Sailor Moon, she will protect you." She then handed Rini to Sailor Moon. "Watch over our daughter," and with that, she was gone.
I dropped my head back. 'She left me with the dirty work.'
"So?" Jupiter said glancing at me.
Taking a shady breath I answered them, "I am King Endymion. Queen Serenity is my wife and yes, Rini is also my daughter."
Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, and Venus were silent for a moment, then started laughing looking at Tuxedo Mask and Sailor Moon who were now bright red. Tuxedo Mask was just embarrassed but Sailor Moon looked like she was going to faint. 'Poor thing,' I thought, 'this has all been loaded on her.'
Now I had to do the tricky part. Have a conversation with someone's mind.
Using all my power, I went into Tuxedo Mask's mind.

*Inside Darien's mind*

"Hey, what the-"
"It's okay, this is Endymion."
"Why are you in here?"
"I have to explain something, I was the one who sent you the dreams."
It took him a while for him to respond.
"What?! Why?"
"Okay you have a reason to be mad, but I had to test you. Now things are going to get harder than ever. As long as your love is unwavering, you can get through this. It was a test."
"A-a test? Serena's going to be okay now? Did I pass?"
"Serena will be fine. And you will pass if you can beat the evil that is rising. Just please watch over here and my-our daughter."
"Of course."

*Outside Darien's Mind*

"Hello?! What's going on?" Sailor Moon asked worried.
I smiled at her. "Everything will soon be fine."
I ruffled my daughter's hair, who was asleep in Serena's arms, then gave her a light kiss on her forehead.
Backing up I looked at the sailor scouts, my past self, and my love's past self. They made up my friends.
"Fight as strong as you can and you will win. You always do."
And then I was gone.
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That was much longer than my other chapters. Aren't you happy? Hehe, I am. I really want to thank Princess Alicia for giving me a review. I don't know if you realize this, but reviews *make* you want to write more. For instance, I had started writing some of this chapter a few days ago and put it off to the side. I read her review and then boom I finished the chapter *smiles* So yes, please review! It means lots. My other author notes got cut off last chapter but that's okay. All characters belong to Naoko Takeuchi. And e-mail is greatly accepted: ktmeshell@msn.com . I read the best Serena/Darien or Usagi/Mamoru story the other day. Called The Way by Sailor Jess. It is seriously the best sotry, no lie. And I have read plenty stories on it, hehe. If you have ain interest in reading it, e-mail me and I'll give you the the link. I don't have the link at the moment. Till next time-
Katie:-D