"Serena… Mommy…"sobbed Rini in her prison. She knew her mother could not hear her. She also knew that the past was changing. Her hands had become almost transparent and that could only mean that her mother and father would not be together to create her. Mommy, please fight whatever is taking over you, please …stay alive. She was getting tired.

" Mommy" she whispered

" Little princess you want to see your mother don't you," said a voice behind her. " Your wish is my command"

The wall in front of the little girl started to shimmer and an image appeared. A young man with dark brown hair was holding on to a sobbing young girl.

" Mommy!" screamed the little girl.

" Listen …"

" How long have you had this? Asked the young man. He was examining a lesion on her left side. He gently touched the skin around it. She flinched.

" I can't remember … Darien…" He looked at her. His cheeks were smeared with tears. He wished there was something he could do to help her. I would do anything to stop her suffering he thought. He looked at her face straining under the pain. How long has she been feeling that pain he wondered.

" When did you first feel the pain in your chest Buns? She smiled weakly when he called her that. IT was his nickname for her "buns". Serena thought about the first time she felt the pain. It was the morning of his betrayal. The day saw him kissing another woman, the day he lied to her. As the thoughts came flowing in her mind a new wave of pain shook her body. She hadn't talk about it with him. She looked at him her eyes full of tears. She had to ask him about that day. About her.

" Darien?" she asked softly" Darien, the other day I saw you with this girl. She was wearing a red dress and had black hair… like yours…you…and…her …"

Darien looked at her, concerned. She should not be talking, and what about him and a girl. She must have seen him with Aurora. Serena continued on. She was straining against the pain.

" Darien …you lied to me…I saw you kiss… another woman…I saw you with her…the look of love in your eyes for her…" She could not continue. She collapsed, falling limp into his arms.

" SERENA!!!!"

"MOMMY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Cried out the little pinked haired girl. "NO!!!!!!!!!" What had just happened?

" Poor little girl" chuckled the voice behind her. A young woman slowly walked towards the form of the child. She kneeled next to her. She gently pulled some strands of the pink hair away from the crying face. The little girl looked up looking into the cinnamon eyes of her captor, the same as hers.

" Small Lady Princess Serenity, such a pity you will never be born …You know your parents are growing apart…your father is killing your mother…"

" No …" whispered the little girl. She knew that her parents were growing apart. But they had to continue fighting to be together and form Crystal Tokyo. They had to be together to create her. She could feel her life force slip away from her.

"If they are never together…you won't exist either". She looked at the older version of herself. She just looked at her and started laughing.

" I will exist my dear…Rini…I am you…but I am not you. I am from another dimension. In my dimension they got together and produced me…so I will still exist but you poor thing won't"

"Selene, stop it!" Said a young man. His hair was purple, his eyes a deep green and at the moment his beautiful features were distorted with a look of annoyance. " Take off that silly disguise and stop traumatizing the child."

At these words, Selene shook her head gently changing her features. She still looked like Rini but her eyes were green and her hair of the same shade of purple than the young man. " You are such a spore Ari," she said moving away from the girl.

" Who are you?" asked a small cat. She had been staying in the background watching the princess cry. There was nothing she could have done to make her feel better. The cat had been trying to find a way to get out.

"Diana! Exclaimed the little girl. The young man and woman looked at the kitten.

" I am Black Lady Selene of the Ariman Moon and this is my brother Dark Lord Ariman of the Ariman Moon. And we are here to take the Silver Imperial crystal and destroy the people of the White Moon."

"Others have tried," whispered Rini. She felt a surge of courage run through her veins. "Sailor Moon will never let that happen. You can try, but Sailor Moon will win."

"Isn't it touching the faith the child has in her mother? Sailor Moon will fail my dear. She already has. She failed the moment she cared." Said Selene.

At these words Rini let out a scream. The crescent moon in her forehead shone bright. " Mommy, don't give up". "Rini!" cried out the kitten running to her mistress. The little girl had lost consciousness. She looked so pale. She flickered as if she was disappearing.



" Rini!" called out Serena sitting at her bed. She put her hand on her chest trying to stop the pain. She had felt her daughter. She had sense her daughter's pain. Rini is in the 30th century. She is safe where she is. Why would I think she is in danger? She looked around her. Her clock said that it was 6 in the morning.

Luna was rolled into a ball at the feet of her bed. She heard a groan coming from the floor. Darien was lying on the floor with her favorite comforter covering him. Next to him her friend Amy and Raye were slightly snoring.

When did they get here? She got out of her bed. Making sure not to make any noise as she headed towards the bathroom. She stood in front of the mirror, lifting her shirt to look at her chest. The lesion had gotten bigger and it looked worse than last night. What is wrong with me she thought. She got into the shower starting to get ready to go to school.

By the time she got back to her room, her guest had waked up.

" Serena you are up, said Darien taking her in his arm. A wave of pain washed over her as his hands touched her. She let out a whimper. Darien let her go. " I am sorry, I did not mean to hurt you" he apologized.

" Are you feeling better? Asked Amy as she came over to her best friend. " Darien called us, he said you had passed out and that you had a bruise on your chest."

" Why did you not tell us this? Cried out Raye. " You were in pain, you can't do this to yourself. I can't handle seeing you like that. I would not be able to see you at the hospital again. "

" I don't understand this, started Darien, shouldn't the Silver imperial Crystal protect her and help her heal faster. "

" I don't get it either, said Amy taking her small computer. She typed a few things on it and scanned Serena. " Her vitals are getting worse."

Darien looked at her. Was she dying? He took a few steps towards her. Amy's computer started beeping. " Darien, don't get close to her cried Amy. AS Darien backed away from Serena, the computer stop beeping and the young girl's vital slowly went back up. Could it be that Darien's closeness was making Serena worse Amy thought.

Serena looked at her friends and at her boyfriend. They were talking about her as if she was not there. The only person who had not said anything other than her was Luna. The cat had a very worried look on her face. She came near her mistress. Serena kneeled to pet her. She could not worry about the pain. She could not stop thinking about Rini. Something felt wrong. Darien walked towards her. As she felt his touch, her chest began to ache bringing tears to her eyes.

" Darien we need to talk said Amy. She walked towards the young man pulling him out of Serena's room.

" Darien I think you are making Serena worse" she said bluntly. " Serena's vital seem to get worse every time you come near her."

" Are you telling me that I am the one causing her pain? He gasped. Amy put her finger in front of his mouth.

" We don't want to wake the Tsukino household, it would be hard to explain your presence to Serena's father. But until we can figure out what is wrong with Serena I am going to ask you to keep your distance from her. " At these words Darien got ready to protest. " If you love her Darien, you are going to try to keep your distance; you can't be to close to her.

" And how close is to close…for god sake Amy she spend the night at my place the other day and I spend the night here last night."

" Than you are going to have to explain to Serena you can't see her said Raye coming out of the room.

" You guys can't make this decision said Darien we should have a meeting."

"Okay we will meet after school at the shrine, but till than Darien keep your distance. Amy we have to get ready for school added Raye



Hematite felt his heart jump when he saw Serena come in to his class. She looked so pale today. She had slightly blushed when he had call out her name. Her friends had frowns on their face and kept asking her if she was okay. He noticed that Serena had spent most of the day in a daze. He eyed the clock. In a few minutes school will be out. He wanted to talk to her. Alone.

When the bell rang, Serena got up, ready to run out of the door. When she had come in the morning she had remembered the kiss she had shared with her new teacher and had felt herself turn red. She wanted out of the classroom. She could not face him. She also did not want to be late for the meeting the scouts were having at Raye's grandfather's temple

" Serena, May you stay a few minutes" She heard her teacher say as she was heading out the door. Amy, Lita and Mina looked at her as they headed out the door. Mina touched her watched and gestured that they would meet her at the temple. Lita rolled her eyes dragging Amy behind her.

" I was wondering if you were feeling better, you look so pale today…" he stopped. She was looking at him. She seemed so lost. He took a few steps towards her.

He could not remember how he ended up holding her and kissing her. She felt warm against his body. Serena wanted to push him away but she felt so weak. She returned his kiss. As she did that Images of the moon kingdom flooded her mind. Her as princess Serenity laughing in the arms of a young man that looked a lot like Hem.

" I know you said Serena as she pulled away from their embrace. Hematite looked at her puzzled. How could she know him? He wasn't from her world. But he desperately wanted to be. Get a grip Hematite, you were not sent here to fall for her. You are here to destroy her he said to himself. But seeing her all frail and beautiful staring at him with her sapphire eyes wide open in amazement he could not help wanting to kiss her again. And he did. This time she pushed him away.

" I am sorry, he started, that is not why I asked you to stay here for …" He never got to finish his sentence. Serena had run out the door. He looked at the spot where she had been standing a few minutes. He swore under his breath and walked out of the classroom. He had to follow her.



" Darien is going to have to stay away from Serena," said Haruka. The blonde was pacing around the group. She kept pointing her finger at Darien as if to accuse him of something.

" If Amy is right than it would be the most sensible to do" said Michiru as she put her arms around Haruka's shoulder. She wanted to calm her girlfriend before she said or did anything to make matters worse. After hearing Amy's theory Haruka had been the first for keeping Serena and Darien apart. Darien had protested and a fight had almost ensued. It would be hard for the prince to keep away from the princess. But it would not make matters easier if the scouts made him feel that he was hurting her in purpose and Haruka's accusing looks did not help the matter.

" Sorry I am late," said Serena as she arrived out of breath.

" If you had been on time, we would have been surprised," said Raye giving her an annoyed look. Serena ignored Raye, nodded to everyone and walked towards her boyfriend. She needed to feel his arms around her. Especially after what had just happened with Hem. As she reached out to him she saw him back away.

" Darien? "She asked could he sense what I have just done

" Serena we need to talk said Amy. We don't know what is going on with you but we think …"

" Serena you have to stay away from Darien" interjected Luna. " Until we figure out what is wrong with you?"

" What Luna and Amy ware trying to say is that whatever is going on inside of you gets worse when you are near Darien." Added Mina.

" But …" said Serena. She gave a pleading look to Darien. A grunt from Haruka made him look away.

"Darien …you guys…you have to be kidding…we can't just stop seeing each other" Serena said as she tried to get near Darien but her friends were in the way.

" We can't just stop being together…"

"You guys have to" interjected Mina. " Bunny till we figure out what is wrong with you and how Darien influence it, we can't risk him making you worse. WE don't even know if just by being in the same room he doesn't affect you and make you feel worse"

"So far all I hear is all of you telling me to not be with Darien…I have not heard him" Turning to Darien, she asked him: "Is that what you want?"

" Serena…Buns…WE have to do this…it won't be for long…just until we figure out what is going on. "

"NO!!!" cried Serena. She looked at everyone. They wanted to keep her and Darien apart. She needed him to figure out what was going on. The woman in his life, the way she was reacting to Hem, there was something wrong and she needed him to figure it out. She picked up her bag and ran out of the temple. The scouts tried to go after her but Luna asked them to give her some time alone.