Disclaimer: Sorry, don't own. Wish I did though…

Thank you, everyone! Um…to those who offered advice on pairings, I still say that I'm sticking with who I want and that's final. But yes, it is a triangle.

Like Cats: Thank you for your criticism but the plot is revealed further in each chapter, (and we learn in chapter 3 that Sage only looked just like Rei because HE is a shapeshifter). Thank you for your compliments on my other story! Yay! That really was a good point you made about this being after Chaos, and so I went right out and bought Sailor Moon Stars #1…and you were right, Rei's character changes a bit (beforehand, I was writing from info in book #8).

But about the picking a fight with Wufei thing, (since you did say that you were a fan of Umi from MKR—me too!) you will see why she did that (again, in later chapters. I do that quite often…^_^;).

Icyfire, Taila-Moon, thescientist, angelicmayuka, and all those who want more, here it is!

Okay, I realize it wasn't very clear what happened in the first chapter except that Rei started spouting Betrayal-esque stuff and then came into the GW world…sorry…I just decided to get a head start on the writing stuff so it's all going way too fast. ANYWAY, here we go. I also gave darling Setsu-chan extra powers.

Somewhere in the threads of time, a solemn-looking woman with the bearing and pride of royalty sat on a throne. Her long golden hair was gathered into a neat bun at the nape of her neck, and a crown graced the top of her head. She leaned forward and spoke in sharp, cold tones:

"Report, Sage." A young, handsome man with wavy blond hair appeared in front of her, kneeling as though in prayer.

"Mistress…These Sailor Senshi are very strong, very strong indeed. We have no hope of fighting them, so…they will fight each other. I used my shapeshifting abilities to take the form of Hino Rei, making my way to their arranged meeting place a few minutes earlier than the real girl. I encouraged mutiny against their Princess and left quickly before my tricks could be detected."

"The blue-haired one suspects something, Sage. She saw your eyes," the crowned woman chided.

"It is of no matter. Anyway, the real Rei entered moments after I left, and her friends instantly turned on her. Because of the turmoil in Usagi's heart, the ginzuishou reacted against Rei. But, unfortunately, instead of killing her, as I had hoped, she was merely transported into another dimension. So, I possessed her and delivered a warning to whoever her new companions are: Hino Rei is marked for death. Hopefully, they'll leave her once they have heard this, and I will be able to finish her off as planned."

"Very good, Sage. But one more thing: I assume you are unable to change the color of your eyes when you shift forms?" asked the woman imperiously. Sage glanced upwards, revealing glowing red eyes.

"Yes, Mistress."

 "You are dismissed."

~~~**~~~

Minako walked into the Crown Arcade the following morning to see Usagi, Ami Makoto, and a considerable absence of Rei.

            "Guys, where's Rei-chan?" asked Minako. Usagi and Ami avoided Minako's gaze, but Makoto met it angrily.

            "Rei who?" she spat.

            "Rei Hino, my best friend in the whole world…" said Minako.

            "You don't seem to realize who you're talking about. That 'best friend' of yours came in last night and…well, she did some unforgivable things," Makoto said.

            "Give me an example," said Minako, still confused.

            "Here's a quote: 'Crystal Tokyo shouldn't be ruled by an incompetent Princess and Usagi falls far beyond ordinary incompetence. I should be the new ruler of Crystal Tokyo, and we can kill that bitch Usagi! Who's with me?'" said Makoto, voice trembling with suppressed rage.

            "Rei-chan said wha—" Minako was interrupted by sobs from Usagi.

            "Th-that's not all she said *sniff*. She told me that…that Mamoru never really cared about me, that Rei and Mamo-chan were in love the whole time!" Usagi broke into fresh tears. "That boyfriend stealing, traitorous, evil—" Makoto put a comforting arm on Usagi's shoulder.

            "Seeing that none of us would help her, your little 'friend' tried to kill Usagi single-handedly. Rei shot one of those stupid little fireballs at her," growled Makoto. 

            "Wait a minute," said Minako. "Rei wouldn't do something like that!"

            "Mina, all three of us saw her. Rei was here last night," said Ami.

            "But—" protested Minako, falling silent when she looked at Usagi's face. There was no way to fake that sort of pain. But the things Rei had supposedly said were preposterous! Minako was very confused.

"So what did you do to her?" asked Minako.

"Well, we asked her to leave and not come back, but then a wave of energy from the ginzuishou hit her and she disappeared," said Ami shakily, "We may never see her again."

"No!" cried Minako, dashing out the door.

"Where are you going?" called Makoto.

"I'm going to see Pluto!"

~~~**~~~

            At the gates of time (I guess each Senshi got a dimensional key from Setsuna), Minako told Setsuna all she had heard.

            "Can you help me find where she's gone? This doesn't make sense to me," Minako pleaded.

            "Unless she took her dimensional key with her, I don't think I can locate her, but I can tell you what happened that night," said Setsuna. She brought her Garnet Sceptre around in a large circle and a huge mirror appeared.

            "This contains the memories of the planet Earth (like in FY!). Let me see if I can find something on that night," Setsuna said.

            A fuzzy image went into focus on the mirror's surface. It showed Setsuna adjusting the threads of time, when behind her, one went haywire and split, releasing a woman on a throne and a young man with blond hair. The young man turned into an exact duplicate of Rei. He went into the café and said all manner of horrible things, and then came out as the real Rei walked in and had to deal with the consequences.

            Minako stifled a cry as she looked at her best friend's face, unable to understand why Makoto had just punched her, or what Usagi was doing lying against the charred wall. Watching in horror, Minako saw Rei turn once again to her friends to apologize for whatever it was she had done, and…the screen went blank.

            "I believe that was the point when Rei was sent into another dimension," said Setsuna. "If the ginzuishou had killed her, her body would still have remained on Earth."

            "If Rei was sent into another dimension, I'm going to find her!" said Minako, running towards the dimensional portal.

            "No!" cried Setsuna. "Minako, think about the lives at stake here. We know from this that a dangerous enemy is after Rei. Right now, that enemy is in another dimension. We are safe, our princess is safe—"

            "Rei's not safe, is she? My best friend is in there," Minako gestured at the portal, "and she has given her life for us countless times! Now, everyone rejects her for something she didn't do, she is all alone and being stalked by some creepy dude with red eyes, and she needs my help. She needs everyone's help."

            "No-one will listen unless they come here and see it for themselves," said Setsuna.

            "Why?" Minako asked, puzzled.

            "Because human beings, whether princes or gods or sorcerers, tend to listen to their eyes and not their hearts. Bring minna to me and I will show them what they have done."

~~~**~~~

            There was a dead silence. Setsuna had shown all the Senshi exactly the same thing Minako had seen, and while it might be bad seeing your friends betray your best friend, it is far worse to see yourself betraying your best friend. Usagi burst into floods of tears and buried her head in Mamoru's shoulder (he had consistently—and truthfully—denied being in a relationship with Rei).

            "It's all my fault," she sobbed. "If I could control the ginzuishou better…If I had realized that Rei-chan would never betray me…"

            "No. It's my fault," said Ami. "I knew, or at least I suspected that something was wrong. I just didn't do anything about it." Hotaru was staring at her fellow Senshi in bewilderment.

            "Minna, why would you have any reason to believe this evil being?" she asked.

            "We saw 'her' come right up and do it, okay?" growled Makoto, angry at Hotaru and herself.

            "But you must have questioned her motives. Rei loves Usagi like a sister; you know there was never anything between Rei and Mamoru (note: this is based on the manga timeline). And furthermore—" Michiru laid a comforting hand on Hotaru's shoulder.

            "That's enough, Hotaru-chan." Hotaru whirled around, eyes blazing, shaking Michiru's hand off her shoulder.

            "Rei-chan was a true friend and now she's gone. Because of them and their jumping to conclusions. Because of you." She directed the last part at Ami, who buried her face in her hands to hide her tears.

            "I never had many friends. All of you and Chibiusa were…" Hotaru trailed off. "Oh, Kami-sama," she whispered. "Setsuna-san? What will happen to Chibiusa?"

            Setsuna brought her Garnet Sceptre around in a small circle. Her eyes widened, and the other Senshi watched in amazed horror as the normally unfazeable Senshi of Time fell to her knees, trembling.

            "In the future," Pluto said with a voice that was not her own, "an entity known as Thyme will attack Tokyo, killing thousands. When the Sailor Senshi appear on the scene, they are much too weak to defeat Thyme and die. Chibiusa is never born, and Crystal Tokyo is nonexistent. People are reduced to but shadows of what they once were, and soon there is nothing left. You must go and find Rei if this is to be prevented."

            "I don't believe you, Setsuna-san. How does finding Rei prevent Crystal Tokyo from being destroyed?" wondered Haruka.

            "Thyme and the other enemy who is currently stalking Rei, Sage, do not fight in ways that can be outright detected, at least not right away. Sage and Thyme fight by turning friends into enemies, breaking up lovers, and dividing teams. It is impossible for the Senshi to fight when they do not trust each other. Besides, at that point, you," she pointed to Makoto, "and you," this time, Hotaru, "are dead."

            "This sounds like guerrilla warfare to me," spat Haruka. "We need to track down Rei as soon as possible—I'm not losing Hotaru to anyone!"

            "But we don't know where she is!" wailed Usagi.

            "Here is what we are going to have to do," said Ami, tapping away at her computer, tears still staining her cheeks. "We will each take a partner and use our dimensional keys to pop quickly from one world to another. I have an experimental design that I can finish within a week: It tracks the energy signals of Sailor Senshi. All you have to do is go into a world and it will beep if it detects another Senshi. I will stay with Mamoru and work on it. Minna, go home and get some rest."

~~~**~~~

            The five Gundam pilots stared at Rei, who was shaking her head woozily.

            "What just happened there? Did someone hit me on the head or something?" she asked.

            "It seemed like you were possessed," said Wufei. "You went into a kind of trance and said something about 'this girl is marked for death, Sage is her master,' blah blah blah." Rei got very pale when she heard that, but the color slowly returned to her face.

            "Oh, it's probably one of those youmas I told you about. They say some pretty exaggerated things, when all they're really going to do is kidnap you and make it really easy to escape."

            "All right," Quatre said doubtfully.

            "And…Quatre-san?" Rei asked. "Could I get some different clothes?" She gestured to the frilly pink dress she was wearing. "This is really uncomfortable."

            "Gomen nasai, demo that was the only article of women's clothing in the house," said Quatre, "We used to have a girl living here, and she left rather abruptly so some of her things are still here. Although they seem to have disappeared." His eyes darted to Wufei, a miniscule gesture, but still rather telling.

"If you would like to buy clothing, however, I can send someone with you since you obviously have no clue how to use cred cards or any of that stuff.

"All right, who wants to accompany Rei-san?" Quatre's eyes scoped the room, ignoring Duo, who was jumping up and down waving his arms and saying 'Pick me! Pleeease?'.

"Anyone at all?" Quatre turned a grin into a questioning expression.

"Ooh! Me! C'mon, Quatre…" Rei had to stifle a laugh as Quatre sighed theatrically.

"Well then Duo, I guess you're stuck with her. I hope it won't present a problem." Duo's eyes lit up like Usagi presented with a mountain of candy. He dashed out the door and into the garage.

Selecting from a vast array of vehicles, Duo chose a motorcycle, making sure it would go very fast so that Rei might have to hold on a little tighter than usual. Then he waited in the driveway until Rei came out. As soon as she emerged from the door, Duo grinned and motioned towards the motorcycle. Rei instantly hopped on…in the front.

"Nande?" said Duo. "I thought I was driving."

"Well, you thought wrong," Rei said calmly. Duo got on reluctantly, shaking his head in disbelief. Rei gunned the motor and they were off. With Duo shouting directions from behind, she got on to the highway.

Rei picked up the speed. The motorcycle was going so fast that Duo thought it would explode. He put his arms around her soft curves and held on as if his life depended on it. In fact, it did.

Jeez, thought Duo, she drives faster than I do!

            Finally, the motorcycle screeched to a stop in the parking lot of the mall.

            "Okay," said Rei. "You're going to have to show me around, because I haven't been here before." Duo smiled.

            "Where do we go first?"

            "Um…I need certain items of lingerie. You don't have to come with me if you don't want to, though." Duo grinned.

            "No, it's fine. I'll accompany you anywhere." Duo showed Rei the way through the bobbing crowd inside.

            "Um, Duo?" Rei asked hesitantly.

            "Yes?"

            "Might I ask how you know where the lingerie section is?" Duo blushed crimson.

            "You know, it's not a bad place to meet girls…"

            "Yeah, girls who think you're a total pervert."

            "No, seriously."

            "I'm being serious."

            "I've been on many a date with a girl who I met by the push-up bra display."

            "You are a sick and twisted person, Duo Maxwell," said Rei, secretly quite amused. As they arrived at the entrance, she pushed Duo back.

            "Wait OUTSIDE."

            "Awww…" After a very short period of time, Rei walked out of the door with a large bag.

            "Hold this." She shoved the bag into Duo's arms. Duo opened it gingerly…

            "And don't look." Rei said, with her back to him.

            "How did you—"

            "I'm psychic. And I know you."

            "What next?" sighed Duo.

            "Well, I need shoes…and pants…and skirts…and shirts…and sweaters…and a coat…and gloves…and a hat…and a scarf…and jewelry…and a purse…"

            Shopping with Duo was very strange. Duo liked the color black and didn't really seem to be checking out the clothes. Rei missed shopping with a girl, someone with a little sense of style, for Kami-sama's sake! But at least with a guy you had someone to carry your bags for you, especially one as eager as Duo. Some hours and around fifteen bags later, he was a little bit more subdued. Rei turned to Duo.

"What else do I need?" Duo grinned so largely it threatened to split his face.

"Well, duh! The most important item of clothing for any girl, anywhere. I'm talking about a bathing suit." Rei rolled her eyes.

"Might I remind you that it's November? It may be warm out, but not that warm."

"Quatre's rich. Indoor pool and outdoor heated pool."

"What are you wasting time for let's go!" said Rei, dragging him and his numerous bags through the mall to the bathing suit area.

"Here, try this on," said Duo, selecting the skimpiest suits he could find, "and this, and this, and this, and this…" Rei smiled.

"Consider this a thank you for carrying the bags."

"What?"

"The fact that you're still alive. Some of these are smaller than the price tags!"

"Some?"

"All." Rei sighed. "I guess I'd better go get a dressing room."

"Yesss!"

"Don't think I'm going to be this nice all the time."

Rei tried on suit after suit, Duo watching intently every time. After a long parade, Rei came out wearing his personal favorite, a midnight blue bikini. Oh man… he thought, I'm not going to be able to drive for days after this.

Duo caught a whiff of lilacs as Rei turned.

For weeks, dammit, for weeks!

"Is everything alright, Duo? You look kind of flushed."

"Nguh…"

"Pardon?"

Duo shook himself. Concentrate on the eyes, man, the eyes.

"Fine. Everything's perfectly okay," he said, trying to stop his nose from bleeding.

"That was the last one," said Rei, "Which do you like?"

"Gee, I can't decide. Maybe if you tried them all on again…" Duo said hopefully.

"Duo!" shouted Rei, exasperated.

"Get the one you have on now, and the red one, and…the black one."

"Um, Duo?" asked Rei in a voice that had icicles crystallizing on it.

"Mmhmm?"

"Please speak to my face."

"Oh…gomen." Duo turned red.

Loaded with numerous bags, Duo and Rei were walking out of the mall when a loud scream interrupted them. Duo's watch began to beep loudly. He turned very pale.

"It's OZ! They're attacking the mall!"

Summer camp: the work of the devil. Especially when you're a counselor and everyone hates you, especially the little kindergarteners. And really you don't get paid that much. And—worst of all—there is no time for fanfiction! This evil torture begins on Monday and I fear I may not return. That's why I made this chapter a little longer.

Thank you, everyone!