AN: Thanks for the reviews on the last chapter everyone! I do have one thing to amend though. I like the Japanese names far better than the English ones but when I was typing up the last chapter I don't think I was all there. I used Malachite when it should have been Kunzite. Thanks for picking that up Shawna. Strange she was the only one to point it out to me and she doesn't even know the series all that well. Oh well. Anyways time to get going on the next chapter. I'm glad I was able to get this done just in time for Christmas. This chapter did not go as planned. I had it all planned out but when I wrote it up everything changed. So now there are plot twists that are going to be coming and things that weren't in the works before. Oh well I think its better this way.

Match Maker Madness!

Chapter Three

I blinked once. Twice. Where was I? This place it looked familiar. The Earth hung up in the sky….but what was it doing up there? I stood by a beautiful lake. I turned around to see a large building far in the distance. It looked like it could be a palace of some sort. I looked back out over the water. "Wait I remember this place." My voice echoed softly across the lake. I was on the moon. "But why am I here?"

"You know why…." a voice whispered back. It had come from the lake.

"Who are you?" I called.

"I'm you…." it whispered back.

"But…." my voice trailed off as words began to fail me. Out on the lake I could make out a figure walking towards me. They were just coming in view. I could almost make them out….it was…..it was….me? But no, it wasn't me. Not present day me. It was who I had been in the silver millennium. "Why?" I finally managed to say.

"You come here now for the same reasons you visited this lake when you lived on the moon. You've even found a lake on Earth you often visit that's much like this one," She told me. She wore a blue dress…one that had been my favorites when I lived that life on the moon.

I knew why I went to this lake and the one on Earth. The water always soothed me when I was troubled by something. It helped calm me when I was confused so I could think. "But I'm not confused. I'm no longer troubled. Why am I here?" I literally argued with myself.

"That's not true. You still wonder about Zoicite. You doubt your past feelings for him. You wonder if he really cared for you. You feel guilty for his death in your present time. How can these things not trouble you?" my past self asked.

"He is dead. What should it matter how I used to feel about him?" I argued again.

"Alive or not how you feel will always matter," she countered.

"How I felt about him no longer matters. He is no longer around and even if he was what force says I have to care about him now? That was a past life. It should have no effect on me now. I might be a senshi and a princess reincarnated from the silver millennium and I take my duties seriously but I won't have that determine the flow of my life," I nearly yelled. Arguing with myself was beginning to frustrate me.

"Only your heart can tell you what to do….." was the whispered answer as she disappeared and then I was left alone again.

I came up closer to the lake and peered down at it. It was the same as I remembered it. That's probably all it was….. a memory inside a dream. Curiously I bent down and my hand went forward to touch it. The tips of my fingers touched its surface. I didn't force them any deeper. The water was cold.

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I awoke slowly…what was making that noise? My hand moved to my head in some feeble attempt to stop the pounding headache I was feeling. I quickly pulled my hand back when it felt unusually cold and wet? I stared at it. My fingers were wet? But it had only been a dream. Then I heard that noise again. I grabbed for the annoying object causing the racket, my communicator. I had fallen asleep on my bed with my school uniform on and it was still in the pocket. "Yes?" I asked.

"Ami? Good. Can you come to Rei's temple?" Usagi's voice came through the communicator.

"Yeah sure," I answered taking a look at a nearby clock. I had only been asleep for a couple of hours. It was still only early evening. I must have really been tired. "Is this an emergency? Why did you use the communicator?" I asked. The communicators were only used for senshi business. I know Usagi had the habit of using it as it was more convenient then calling us all individually. Not to mention it was also a lot less expensive then buying a cell phone.

"No emergency. Just well….you kind of need to be here to believe it. And I tried to phone you but no one picked up," she answered.

"Alright I'll be there in a few minutes." I said and shut the thing off. At least there wasn't any new threat. I slid off the bed slowly. It wasn't anything to worry about. I'd get there after I woke up a bit more.

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 Usagi put away her communicator and looked to the others in the room. "Ami said she'd be here soon, and Makoto might take a bit she just finished her martial arts lesson."

They were all at the temple. Mamoru had picked Usagi up right after her classes got out and they talked about the generals. She had talked to Rei through the communicator and it was agreed upon to meet at the temple.

So now they were all there with the exception of Makoto and Ami. Usagi sat beside Mamoru, the generals kept to themselves in one corner, Minako was on the phone away from the others and Rei….. she nearly killed Jediate when she saw him and the other generals show up. Even though she knew they were no longer evil. After she was unsuccessful in her attempts (the others wouldn't let her hurt him) she stormed out of the room to make tea.

While Usagi was on the communicator Minako had a much more important mission on the phone. "Seyia? Good. Taiki and Yaten aren't around are they? We need to talk about the… thing."

"Whats wrong? She didn't find out did she?" The voice on the other end asked.

"No we just have a small problem," Minako answered in a whisper.

"Well if she didn't find out whats the problem?" Seyia asked.

"You know we told you about how we lived in the silver millennium right?"

"Uh-huh."

"Well Ami and the rest of us were in love with these guys we knew. They were protectors of the Earth Prince."

"And this is a problem because…?"

Minako took a deep breath. She spoke quickly in her whispered voice. "Wellyouseetheyweresentforwardintimewhenwewerebuttheywereevilandwekilledthemoffbutthey'rebackagainnowandtheyaren'tevilanymoreandwellifAmiisstillinlovewiththeguyshewasinlovewithatleastIthinkshelovedhimbackthenshedidn'treallytalkaboutitthenhowdowegetherandTaikitogether?"

There was a pause on the other end of the phone as Seyia ran the sentence through his head at a slower pace so he could understand it. "Does Ami know he's back yet?"

"No…" Minako looked back over her shoulder. Kunzite was coming over. Oh great she was going to get caught. "No I don't have that magazine yet you'll have to lend it to me. Well I have to go now I'm glad I was able to talk with you. Thanks for telling me that homework assignment I wasn't sure if we had to do that question or not," she spoke quickly and hung up the phone. She pretended to jump when Kunzite did reach her. "Oh hi Kunzite…."

He gave her a quizzical look. A thousand years and she certainly hadn't changed a bit.

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Seyia stared at the phone completely confused. "Ummm… yeah sure." He answered even though she had hung up nearly a minute ago and placed his own phone on the receiver.

Taiki came into the room glancing at Seyia as he went towards the door. He placed on his shoes then looked at Seyia. "Do we need anything? I'll pick it up while I'm out."

"I don't think so. Hey Taiki I told you about whats happening this Friday right?" Seyia asked with a grin.

"No…."

"Oh well you know Usagi and her friends are going to this dance and I told her we'd all be there." The response was simple now if only Taiki would go along with it.

"Are they all going?" The violet eyed idol asked.

"All of them. Usagi, Rei, Makoto, Minako, Ami.." Seyia stressed the last name.

"Well since you already volunteered us to go I guess I will have to as well. Have you told Yaten yet?"

"Not yet… I was just kind of planning on dragging Yaten along with us."

Taiki nodded then left through the door. He needed to walk around for a bit and get some fresh air.

The coolness of the evening air blew Taiki's long brown ponytail back gently. It was strangely warm in Tokyo for this time of year. After all there were only a few days left until December and yet not a flake of snow graced the ground. It wasn't even cold enough out to require a jacket.

He walked down the streets until he was only a few blocks from the Hikawa Shrine. There was nothing really there, just a wall which he leaned on. That was all he wanted really. A quiet place outside to think.

There was much to think of. Things Princess Kakyuu had said before telling them to leave for Earth, and the real reason they'd come back to this planet. And then… then there was the personal reason for wanting to come back. He wanted to talk to her…. to tell her… but she seemed so…. so preoccupied by something. Could it be she knew of the possible danger that traveled towards the Earth even at this moment? Maybe….maybe he should talk with her. They should be prepared as well or at least warned…. but then that would go against their princess' orders.

"We're here!" Star Fighter called as she ran into the gardens with Star Maker and Star Healer following behind. The gardens and the palace along with a few small villages were all that had been rebuilt in the one year. Other construction plans to rebuild the other major cities and places around the planet were just getting started. It would take many years to bring Kinmoku back to its original glory.

Princess Kakyuu stood by some flowers but her face was turned up to the night sky. "You must go to Earth."

"What for?" Star Healer asked not relishing the idea of being in contact with humans again.

"A negative force is heading there," Princess Kakyuu turned to face the three leather clad soldiers of Kinmoku, "Its incredibly strong. Possibly more so then Galaxia."

"Is it wise to travel there? Your needed here to oversee the planets reconstruction." Star Maker was quick to point out.

"I won't be going."

"But we can't leave you here unprotected!" protested Star Healer.

A brief smile came over Kakyuu's face. "There is no present danger here and I can defend myself if need be. Those on Earth however will need your help," she calmly explained, "Except you cannot tell the Earth senshi of the coming danger.

The three starlights looked at their princess in shock. Until Star Fighter seemed to find her voice, "We… can't tell them?"

Princess Kakyuu shook her head sadly, "No you cannot," she spoke no further. An explanation was not going to be given and there was no time for arguing. The three senshi of Kinmoku turned, leaving to prepare for their departure.

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I stared at myself in the mirror. I was a mess with my short hair all ruffled, dark circles under the eyes, and my school uniform wrinkled from falling asleep in it. Well I told the girls I would be there soon so I pulled a brush through my hair in an attempt to neaten it before leaving. If they questioned my appearance I could just say I've been staying up too late studying the last few days. They would believe that. Though I just hoped they wouldn't ask.

My feet seemed to drag as I walked along on my way to the meeting. Once in a while I'd stop altogether and look up the sky. It was a clear night, the star bright and the moon full. Now if only it would snow.

"Whatcha doing Ami-chan?" someone asked from beside me.

I jumped. Looking to my left I saw Makoto smiling. "Just wishing it would snow," I answered truthfully.

She nodded in response then began to walk. I followed after her. "You know the meeting probably isn't al that important."

I blinked, feeling a little confused by the statement. "What makes you say that?"

"Oh nothing," she answered. "Hey Taiki-san!" she called out and ran ahead.

I kept my slow pace watching Makoto run to a tall figure leaning against a wall. What was with Mako-chan today? She sounded like she didn't want me to go to the meeting. I didn't look that bad, did I? She was right though. It couldn't be all that important. Maybe I should just skip out on it for once.

"Hey Ami hurry up!" Makoto waved at me.

"I'm coming!" I called shaking the previous thoughts from my mind.

"So you see," Makoto spoke to Taiki when I caught up with her. She glanced in my direction then looked back at Taiki, "she really shouldn't go."

Taiki glanced my way then back to Makoto. "Kino-san I can't force her not to go."

I wanted to interrupt them, to find out who they were talking about. Obviously I had missed out on the beginning of the conversation and had missed the important details to understanding what they spoke of. Though my curiosity was now piqued I pushed it back and politely stayed quiet. If I listened long enough I might just be able to figure it out on my own.

"Ok but what if she really doesn't want to or doesn't have to but does anyway? Would you at least try to persuade her not to go?" Makoto tried again.

"I would have to know this was certain first." Taiki countered. Still unsure of what or who they were talking about it was definitely interesting to listen to. At least until Makoto turned to me.

"Do you want to go to tonight's meeting?"

Caught off guard by the sudden question I didn't have time to think why she was asking or what it really had to do with anything. "No not really," just as the words left me I understood the mistake. Quickly I tried to cover it up with even more words, "I should go though. I know you said it wasn't important Mako-chan but I should go anyways," I watched for a reaction wondering if speaking again really had been the best way to stamp out what had been said before.

"Well?" Makoto turned back to Taiki. Getting no response she turned back to me. "Ami you aren't going to the meeting/"

"I'm not?" I was confused by this whole thing. Why was Makoto ordering me around lis she was my mother?

"That's right. If I find you even setting one foot n the temple grounds your going to be in for it," it was an order.

"Why?" my voice came out in a whisper.

"For Kami's sake Ami-chan. Have you looked in a mirror? Those circles under your eyes say you haven't slept n a while. And you only don't sleep when you are under stress. So I'm ordering you not to go to this meeting!" the explanation seemed logical enough but Mako-chan wasn't done yet. "You will either go out and have fun to.. to de-stress yourself or go get some sleep."

Before I could answer Makoto had turned on her heel and went running down the street. So instead I turned to the only other person around. "So Taiki-san what brings you out this evening?"

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Makoto walked the rest of the way to the temple with a smile on her face. She had accomplished two things the other girls would be proud of. Actually getting Ami to skip something and most likely get her to spend some time with Taiki. Really she had thought about inviting the idol to the meeting but didn't think the offer would have been accepted. That meant trying to get Ami to skip the meeting. She was going for the 'get them to think its their idea' plan but it wasn't working. So instead she literally had to order her blue haired friend not to come. The meeting couldn't be all that important anyways. Ami wouldn't miss a thing but to make it up to her she would have to bake some cookies or something.

The temples many steps and wonderfully serene surroundings were lost on the tall girl as she quickly made her way to the sliding paper front door. By the sounds of things everyone else was already there. "Hey minna!" she shouted sliding the door open. "You won't believe what I…" her forest green eyes narrowed at the four men they'd spotted in the far corner of the room. One just a little from the group talking with Minako. The anger was evident in her face. At that moment everyone in the room had gone quiet and looked at Makoto standing in the doorway. She stared at them ready to kill the first one that moved.

"Konni-" Nephrite had been the first one to try and break the silence. A bad idea on his part. The second his mouth moved to form the greeting, Makoto leapt at him with the semblance of a charging bull.

AN: So what did everyone think? Review, criticize, flame, praise, give your opinion and ideas. I like to hear anything. Or email me.

BTW I didn't really mean to end it here but when I started adding in other things it came out this way. I know it seems slow but at least it isn't dull.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year everyone!

~guardianmercury~