Author's Note:

This is set eight years after 'Crystal Hearts – When The War Ends' You really need to read the first one for this since there are a lot of references to it. Chibiusa is betrothed to Helios and has been for the past seven years.

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                                                Crystal Souls

Heartbeat Of The Earth Chapter 4: Lunar Destiny

When the shuttle reached the Moon and the crew helped Neo Queen Serenity from the ship, Luna followed. It departed and Queen Serenity appeared, looking the same as when they had met those centuries ago.

Serenity leaned against Luna as her mother ran up to them, worried. "What's going on?"

"Let's find a place to rest her and I will explain," said Luna.

Queen Serenity nodded and led them to the remainder of the Moon Palace.

Endymion was talking with Helios when it happened. His Shitennou were the ones who caught him as he collapsed. Helios and the Kings felt it as well. The Earth was enraged and was rebelling for some reason unknown to them. It had been a month since the Queen had left for the Moon with Luna. Endymion had begun to work until he collapsed from exhaustion, which was the only times he slept at all.

Chibiusa spent the entire day with her father, but he didn't wake and his pulse was rough and uneven. When she left the room, her eyes were hard and angry. First her mother and now her father! This was not going to be forgiven!

Helios spent most of his time praying. He had not expected an answer, but he received. When he did, he almost wished he didn't know. Immediately he called for a council.

His image appeared over the small altar. "I have received a few answers."

"You have!" gasped Mars. "Oh, thank all the gods. What is it?"

"The Earth is in a rage because, like I told King Endymion, an old enemy it hates has come. It is rebelling because one of the Royal Family of Earth is having feelings for this enemy. Out of defense, it is attacking anyone that is not of Earth."

"So, Serenity likes the enemy?" asked Venus, her eyebrows drawn together in confusion.

Helios shook his head. "Neo Queen Serenity is not from Earth originally."

"So Endymion?"

"No, the King has fallen and is dying again, but not because of the Earth, but because of the fact is his Queen is dying."

"So that leaves…"

"Chibiusa!" exclaimed Jupiter. "We have to tell her! Who is this enemy? And Chibiusa is also a Moon Princess, why didn't it attack her?"

"I do not know who the enemy is. As for the princess, she is not the next ruler of the Moon Kingdom; she is the next ruler of the Earth Kingdom. She has part moon in her blood, but her father is of Earth so she is not being attacked for she is not completely foreign."

"You're not saying that Chibiusa is in love with this enemy are you?" asked Neptune shrewdly.

Helios hesitated. "I cannot answer that. The only answer I received is that simply she does not hate this enemy and the Earth is rebelling because of it."

"If the Princess is not warned, then the Earth will continue to kill the Queen, right?" commented Uranus grimly.

"Yes."

"We have to tell her something, so she can beware. Maybe she knows who it might be and Mercury can run a background check," Venus suggested.

They nodded and went their separate ways.

When Chibiusa found out what Helios said, she was stunned speechless. It was her fault her mother and father were dying? That couldn't be! Not again! Why did it always have to be her fault?

"Do you have any idea who it might be?" asked Mars.

She shook her head. "No. I have to go, my area is in England and I have to be there to relieve Zoicite."

Chibiusa almost ran out of the room and into the skimmer. Tears threatened and she didn't want to cry. She wouldn't cry! She wouldn't!

"Silver Power, MAKE UP!"

When she was Silver Sailor Moon, she felt more relieved. She had something more to occupy her mind with than failure. She had to maintain control. Carefully she piloted the skimmer to where Zoicite stood. He gave her a weary smile. She gave him strict orders to sleep when he got back to Crystal Tokyo and he didn't even argue.

She watched as the cruiser left until it was out of sight before turning to edge her area and see if she found something interesting. Chibiusa was into her patrolling for about an hour when she ran into David. He smiled at her startled expression.

"Well, well, Usagi. What are you doing out here?"

Chibiusa backed away from him even as her stomach fluttered at his smile. "How do you know who I am?" she asked suspiciously. She told her body to stop what it was doing, but he was still affecting her strangely.

"Come on, you look exactly like you do when you were going to school except wearing something different."

How could he have known that? The glamour that protected her should have been affecting him. How had he known it was her?! He should have been shocked since no one knew that there had ever been a Sailor Moon. Unless… "Oh my gods! You're the enemy!" she cried, pointing at him.

His smile changed to a cruel one and he laughed.

Short, I know. Email me here: Guardian4@atlantic.net.