AN: Hello, Double D here and this is the ninth installment of Immortal Habit! Wow, its gone so quickly and I really haven't gotten anywhere in my story, oh well, at least I'm trying, ne? I would like to thank all that have reviewed and written stuff about how great this story is! It made me feel special (^_^) so I thought I would move the plot a bit!
Disclaimer: Long ago in a time where you could buy bread for a nickel I owned them. Which would mean I never did 'cause I'm not that old!

Immortal Habit VII: Rebirth of the Rose

Serenity sat at the kitchen table the next morning, staring at the dead blackend rose. Her friends gathered around her with hatred for Endymion in their eyes. They had just heard all the details of Serenity's meeting at the club. Eve sat across from Serenity, she was confused. Her older brother the crowned prince of the Earth Kingdom, the one who had played with her when she was young while Wufei trained and called her weak, was a psychotic stalker of the Queen/Protector of the Cosmos.

"I should have killed him at the club," Serenity whispered.

"You were shocked, there was nothing you could do," reasoned Ami.

"But I should have! I should have stopped the hurt," Serenity's voice rang through the mansion with enough self hate that it could stop time, so it could pity her.

"I would have been unhonorable to kill him in the club," said Rei with conviction that she had sone the right thing.

"Mina go get the poor animal that's most likely on the door," Serenity commanded just as Mina was about to open her mouth.

Mina nodded and left. No one spoke for a minute or two until Mina returned with the carcass of a white rabbit, of course the rabbits fur was so bloody you could barely tell. Serenity glanced at it and once again stared at the rose.

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

"I suggest we call the boys they need to know about this, or rather a dimmed version of it," said Trista as she poured herself some more coffee.

"Heero is regaining his memory," Serenity announced quietly.

"How do you know?" asked Lita.

"He dreamed again last night and I had to stop it before all was revealed," Serenity replied.

"Great, I was enjoying my somber brother," whined Rei.

"We are going to need them for the battle," declared Trista.

"We'll need all the help we can get," pointed out Hotaru.

"Endymion is mine," Serenity whispered and then she touched the black rose and all watched as it's petals once again became red and it's stem became green.

Serenity picked up the rose with a closed fist and didn't flinched as blood dribbled down the stem and onto her clothing.

"Blood is such a bitch to get out," Michelle laughed humorlessly.

Serenity stood and put the rose in a vase.

"You mine, Endymion," she whispered again and walked out of the kitchen and house.

"Call them," Trista said to Ami.

***Winner Mansion an hour later***

Quatre put down the phone and turned to see his fellow pilots waiting.

"The others want us at their mansion A.S.A.P. to discuss the man at the club," he explained.

"It could be a trap," observed Duo, who was amazingly serious.

"We don't know that for sure," Trowa said quietly.

"It's not," Heero said quickly and he walked out of the mansion and started one Quatre's many cars and sped off with the peice of paper with the address on it.

"Follow him!" yelled Quatre and the remaining pilots all loaded into a car and started off in the same direction.

***Tenshi & Senshi Mansion***

Heero squealed (AN:never thought I'd put those two words in the same sentence) in to the drive way and quickly got out. He didn't bother to knock and just barged in, seeing Serenity make a mad dash across the room in a towel. He raised an eyebrow in question.

"Bite me," she snarled as ran up the stairs.

Both of Heero's eyebrows went up.

'I *really* like that towel,' he thought and then mentally kicked himself.

Hotaru walked into the foyer, glanced up the stairs, and burst out laughing. Heero gave her a look that could have frozen Hell over. Hotaru ignored this look and kept on laughing and then sombered.

"Come on Heero, you have to admit that was classic," said Duo who had arrived with the rest of the guys.

Heero grunted and once again turned his attention to Hotaru who was observing them.

"Come this way," she said and walked over to an elevator and waited for everyone to pile in.

Hotaru pushed the button for the sixth floor and quietly waited. The elevator dinged a minute later and the doors opened to reveal a high tech lab. Hotaru confidently walked in with the male pilots behind her.

"We have guests," she chirped and fell into a chair that had some how moved from one side of the room to her.

Suddenly a figure rushed up the stairs, when it stopped there stood Serenity in a pair of flare blue jeans and a white corset. The outfit was daring but still angelic and she truly did look like an angel.

"I'm not late!" she shouted, sending the other females in the room into bouts of laughter.

Serenity looked around the room and became serious when she saw the guys.

"Welcome, we called you here to discuss someone that I and the rest of us know well, very well. His name is Darien Sheilds, head of the new OZ group which has announced that their new identity is the Shepherd Organization, if you can believe it," Serenity announced as she too sat in a chair.

"Oh, please sit down," said Ami and the pilots did so.

"So what about this guy?" asked Duo.

"He was the man in the bar last night," said Eve.

"But Serenity kept calling him Endymion," said Heero.

"Darien Shields is a cover, his real name is Endymion Terran. Thats the connection between the Sheperds and him, his name represents a sheperd in greek mythology that fell in love with the goddess Selene," explained Hotaru.

"But poor Endy made a mistake and fell for the wrong goddess, he actually fell for me Artemis, thinking that I was Selene. His mistake became clear when all of his plans failed and he became angery and targeted me for a year. He left notes written in blood and dead roses and animals. I thought I had killed him with the help of my enemy but he survived married my partner in his death and has a daughter named Shina," Serenity gave them a quick history lesson.

"Wait, whats all this about gods?" asked Quatre.

Serenity smiled sadly.

"Endymion is very sick and lives in his own world of fantasies, because my name corrisponds with an old legend he used me as a toy for his twisted story," she sighed, "And now he knows a secret only I and few others should know, all because of the woman I believed I had killed. I am now beyond caring how he dies, as long as I am the one who kills him."

"So what? Do you want us to protect you from the big bad wolf?" asked Wufei.

"No, we need your help. We can awaken something inside of you that you never thought possible. And we can give you the sought for thing in the universe," said Mina.

"What?" asked Trowa.

"It's a secret until you have proven worthy of the gift," smirked Lita.

"Ami, do a search for a Shina Shields, my god what a horrible name," muttered Serenity.

Ami quickly typed and seached, then lost patience and hacked into the site she wanted.

"I got it, Shina is 15 and goes to the Peacecraft Memorial Academy, formerly known as the Peacecraft Pacifist Academy, its was changed when Relena Peacecraft was killed," Ami reported with amusemet.

"Oh god, Relena is going to be pissed. You do not change the names of her school and get away with it," Jim whispered to Hotaru, who nodded in agreement.

"What are you talking about Miss Relena is dead?" inquired Quatre.

Everyone who knew better, including Hoshi snorted.

"Just because it looked like she died doesn't mean she did," grinned Serenity, "Anyway do you want the power?"

They pilots traded glances. They had seen some of the power Serenity possesed and were not sure.
Finally they all nodded. The others grinned.

"Okay, sistas, partner up and do what you have to do," instructed Serenity.

Amara walked up to Trowa, Serenity to Quatre, Eve to Wufei, Rei to Heero, and Trista to Duo and touched their foreheads.

"Kasa olmaya oskavu ifiet, Kasa olmaya oskavu ifiet, Kasa olmaya oskavu ifiet, Kasa olmaya oskavu ifiet, Yoshiga!" they chanted in ancient Lunarian.( Translation: Awaken the power within, Awaken the power within, Awaken the power within, Now!)

Multiple bright lights filled the room, when they faded the pilots stood with strange signs on their foreheads. Heero touched his forehead and winced slightly in pain as his fingers came in contact with the signia of Mars.

"What have you onnas done to us?" Wufei asked.

"Awakened the power within, of course," Rei said as she drank in the sight of Wufei with his royal signia of earth shining brightly.

"I can feel the power, but I'm missing something," whispered Duo.

"That is what you will recieve in return for your help, the cure to the emptiness you feel, that we all feel," expalined Lita.

"Now that you have your powers you must train but there is one thing," Serenity looked at Hoshi, glanced at the setting sun and nodded in consent, "Hoshi has something to tell you."

"It's a animal! It can't talk," yelled Wufei.

"Yes I can Wufei," said the tiger in a familair voice.

"R- R- Relena!" shouted an astonished Quatre.

Suddenly the tiger beagn to change and morph into a human. When the transformation was done Relena stood naked before them. Relena looked down and blushed, Michelle threw a robe to her and she quickly covered herself.

"Great the stalker is back," muttered Duo.

Relena glared at Duo.

"My name is Selenity, not Relena, and I never loved Heero, I was making sure he didn't brake his neck," explained Relena/ Selenity.

"Wow, you've changed," commented Quatre.

This was true for Relena now had platinum blonde hair and crystal blue eyes. There was also the way she held herself so different from when she was alive, she was so gracefully deadly just like Serenity.

"So, uh, any relation with Serenity or Quatre 'cause you look just like them," chuckled a very nervous Duo.

"It's a secret," Relena smirked.

"How did this happen, Relena?" Quatre asked.

"A long, long time ago a woman named Zylstra put a curse on me that on my sixteenth birthday i should forever live as the opposite of the natural world. When the sun shines I long for the moon, when the moon rises I wish for the Sun. That's why I left to keep my curse a secret and to finally be able to be myself instead of the seemingly insane pacifist," Selenity expained sadly.

"Oh."

"Guys do you think that we should-" began Mina.

Suddenly there was a crash of a window breaking and a scream of rage. Everyone turned to Serenity who held a dead rose an inch from her face.

"Endymion!" she screamed, a bright light filled the room and when it receeded Queen Cosmos stood with her long hair with heart shaped odangos, silver eyes, white dress, silver wings and her Cresent Staff. In her left hand she held a red rose.

"Endymion, come to me," she said in a hypnotic voice.

"Don't use that tone with me, you old hag," Endymion said jovaly as he swung throught the window.

"It worked," smirked Cosmos.

Endymion made a face.

"Grow up, bro," laughed Eve.

"I see you have awoken the little princes," Endymion said as he looked at the glowing symbols on the pilots heads.

"Only half way," corrected Hotaru.

"Following in your whore of a mothers foot prints," Endymion taunted.

Relena lost her temper and became Princess Selenity of the Sun and Moon Kingdoms. She wore a gown like Princess Serenity's but it was gold with silver suns decorating the neckline and her hair was loose to her feet.

"I call upon the sword of the mother of the sun, Amaterasu!" she yelled and a beautiful gloden katana appeared in her hand.

"The beautiful Selenity, strange how your name honors the moon but you take the colors of the sun," Endymion pointed out.

"Talk to my mother," Selenity snapped.

Selenity ran for Endymion ready to strike him down with the Amaterasu. Endymion waved his hand and Selenity fell to the floor and the sword flew from her hand and into his, but he dropped it because only those with Solarian blood could handle the heat the sword emited.

"Enough talk, leave Endymion, I will not kill you today," Cosmos sighed, she was to worn form the awakening cerimony to fight.

"Why should I, lover?" asked Endymion.

"Because if you don't I'll kill your daughter, you know I can and will," Cosmos whispered.

Endymion glared at Cosmos but began to back away and soon he was gone. Heero glared at Cosmos.

"Why didn't you kill him?" he asked.

"Because I'm to drained from awakening your powers, I would have lost," said Cosmos as she began to power down.

"Can we do that?" asked Duo.

"With enough training yes but for now you are going to have to do chant magic," said Trista.

"Chant magic?" inquired Wufei.

"None of us other than Pluto or Serenity can demonstrate, we lost our power of chant magic during the birth of Cosmos," said Michelle.

"What about you Relena?" asked Quatre.

"Sorry, my attacks haven't been honed yet and are a bit unpredictable," said Relena sheepishly.

"I have an idea, why don't I give some of my power to you so can transform," suggested Serenity.

"But wouldn't you revert back to Sailor Moon?" asked Mina.

"No, my power is much greater than what you gave me, your powers just jump started mine. I will give you rings instead of pens like Luna did," said Serenity before she once again glowed.

In front of each of the girls appeared a silver band with their planetary signs on them.

"Yell out 'Cosmic Your Planet Power," said Serenity.

"Cosmic Mars Power!"

"Cosmic Mercury Power!"

"Cosmic Jupiter Power!"

"Cosmis Venus Power!"

"Cosmic Earth Power!"

"Cosmic Uranus Power!"

"Comsic Neptune Power!"

"Cosmic Saturn Power!"

"Cosmic Sun Power!"

After alot of bright lights stood the Cosmic Sailor Scouts. They looked the same except they wore silver suits and gloves instead of white and on their foreheads was their planetary sign.

"You are now the Comsic Scouts, no longer protectors of the princess or the queen. You protect your universe," Serenity said sadly.

"Okay that was cool and all but can you show us that chant magic you were talking about?" asked Dup impatiently.

"Fine I'll do it," said Sailor Venus.

"Venus Cosmic Heart!"

An orange ball of energy came into being and slowly melted into a heart. Venus swung her arm back and threw the heart at a wall, the heart hit the wall and faded away leaving a huge hole that took up most the wall.

"Great we've been in the place barely a week and you are already blowing it up and that was your weakest attack!" ranted Mars.

"OOPS!"

Everyone sweatdrops. The girls all power down.

Hotaru looks at the clock.

"It's to late for you guys to go now (AN: Time travels fast when your having fun, ne?)" she said.

"Why don't you stay in the guest rooms?" Ami suggested.

"Sure, why not?" grinned Duo.

"I'll show you to your rooms,"said Lita and she and all the men other than Jim left.

"I think we over did it," said Amara.

Everyone nodded and Serenity just stared at the rose in her hand.

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Finally the plot is moving! I know I should get the next chapter of LotB but I'm on a roll, I think. HeHe, well, please review and until next time!