Hey! Thanks for all the reviews. I know a lot of you…Hauntress…are upset that I submitted a small chapter for 14. But like BenRG said, you had to know about the evil and someone had to wonder what happened to Rubeus and Emerald. I was going to do this chapter as 14 but then I was like 'What soap opera picks up where the cliff hanger left off?' so I made you guys sweat.

To NICK, this should answer the question you have been emailing me about since chapter 1!

I have a key for you since it could get confusing.

Ayden- Prince Diamond

Blake- Sapphire

Ceron- Artemis

Lairabeth- Luna

Serena- Princess Serenity (Just in case someone didn't know)

Lita- Princess Thalia

Amy- Princess Maia

Mina- Princess Amora

Rei- Princess Arianna

Puu- Sailor Pluto/ Princess Persephone

The princess names and Terran names are mine…let me know if you like and want to use…thanks

A Tangent in the Future

By Crystaldove

Chapter 15

" I faked amnesia after the battle with the Dark Kingdom."

"I overheard him say that, then I was subdued by his assistant. That's when I asked him about other times and women he had been with. He knew that I was going to tell you what I overheard so he didn't want me to disrupt his plans…so he banished me. I don't know if he went through with his plan, but I doubt it since the queen wouldn't have cared if he hurt himself. That's why I went back and he still wouldn't let me tell her…"

Ayden looked at Serena and noticed that she was shaking with suppressed fury. Since he met her, he noticed that her hair was begging to turn silver at the tips with streaks running along the length. Darien's eyes were wide and the girls had to restrain Ceron who was slowly dragging them towards the earth prince.

"You faked your amnesia Darien?"

"It's not like he makes it seem Serena…"

"ANSWER THE DAMN QUESTION DARIEN! Did you lie to me, to us?"

"…"

"Was she worth it Darien? Was Ann what you thought she would be?"

"I was never with her…"

"Oh, I guess my worry for you spoiled that! Who knows what sort of creature you would have sired if that union were consummated?"

"Please Serena, let me explain."

"So you don't deny what Ayden said, you lied to me, almost got me killed so you could sow you royal oats!"

"No, I didn't know who she was when I…"

"So you made this decision before the meteor crashed. That would explain how you called me Serena one day and Meatball Head the next. And what did you say, oh yes, 'I was just trying to be nice to you'."

"But that doesn't explain something princess."

"What is it Ceron?"

"The Moonlight Knight…"

Raye noticed that Darien was running away…

"Restrain!"

And brought him back.

"Return!"

"Your right Ceron…Darien wanted nothing to do with Serena, so why would he save her?"

"He didn't."

Everyone turned to their princess and noticed that she was in deep thought.

Flash

"I never wanted this to happen to you."

The Moonlight Knight looked at Sailor Moon with remorse in his eyes; he lowered his mask causing her to gasp.

"Darien? It was you all the time, but how?"

"I'm not Darien. Even thought he…forgot you, the love he has for you can never be forgotten. I am his love you manifested into a form that could protect you."

"What now?"

"Darien is sick and can't sustain me much longer. I have to merge with him."

"No, what am I going to do without you? Darien was never like this with me."

The Knight took her hand and leaned in and kissed her.

"I'm sorry my princess, he can't survive without me. I'll always love you…"

End flash

"He told me that it was Darien's love for me that personified itself into a protector. It wasn't Darien's love…it was the part of Darien that loved me…"

"His soul."

"Endymion…no wonder your power hasn't surfaced Darien. You can't accept who you were, you believe only in science and reality. You haven't come to terms with our past and this is why you use technology in the future."

"It's just a fairy tale Serena, there is no such thing as soulmates. People make their own destiny. And I know now that we are good together."

"We could have been if you gave it a chance."

"Come on now, be honest, you love Endymion or who you think he is…not me. So I lied about remembering our past, took some time to see if you cared for me…"

"All the while tasting the other items on the buffet…why couldn't you tell me? I accepted it, our past and looked beyond your faults for the person I knew was inside…not your soul, not Endymion but you. If you were so confused, why couldn't you just say 'Serena I know we were in love in the past, but I want our relationship built on the present, so lets get to know each other first and progress from there.' Why couldn't you say that?"

"Because you were too stupid to understand!"

Serena turned to the voice and was amazed at who spoke.

"Now it makes sense…you knew about this too Luna!"

Luna eyes widened, she didn't mean to say that out loud. Darien looked at her and seemed to growl in his anger.

"Why did you tell Luna, Darien?"

Darien lowered his eyes and Luna kept quite also.

"Will someone tell me the truth?"

"I can help you with that your highness…"

The others turned and watched as a dark mist formed into a woman wearing a suit similar to the Senshi. She had long green hair and magenta eyes. She bowed to Serena and inclined her head to Ceron.

"No! You're not supposed to interfere!"

"I gave you a chance to come clean Endymion. And since no one else will tell her, I will."

"Puu…I thought you couldn't reveal events of anytime to me?"

"Normally I can't, but in this case, the future is at stake. There are three lines leading to one future…I can't see beyond the void and I fear that if you don't know the entire truth, you might make a decision that could hurt you forever."

Mist surrounded everyone and they appeared in a vast echoing space.

"Where are we…?"

"We are at the Gates of Time…"

"Were not supposed to be here…You can't to this…It is forbidden to know about you…"

"Very interesting Luna…Of course you don't want the others to know about me…It would disrupt your goal…"

"Um, I don't want to be rude…but who are you…?"

"Forgive me…Named after my mother, I am Princess Persephone, Guardian of Time and Sailor Pluto…"

"Sailor Pluto…?"

"Pleased to make your acquaintance…Now, for the reason that you are here…Look at my Garnet Orb…"

Everyone turned towards this enlarged key and once they stared into it, they were taken into the past. They were taken to the time that Alan and Ann caused havoc on Tokyo.

"Darien, you don't remember me? I'm Serena and we were lovers in the past…"

"Oh hey Darien fancy meeting you here!"

"Ann."

"Ann what are you doing, I was taking to Darien."

"Whatever, I'm sure that someone as sophisticated as Darien doesn't have time for your childish fairy tales!"

"Is that what you think Darien, that I'm telling you a fairy tale?"

"Of course he does Meatball Head. Now Darien what are you doing later, if you want to hear a fairy tale I got one for you!"

"Uh, I have to go. See you later Ann…Meatball Head."

Darien runs off and hides behind a building.

"Whew, that was close. Serena needs to give it a rest, I could care less about the past…even if she saved me, I don't want to be tied down to a kid!"

"Darien?"

"Hey Luna…Uh did you speak?"

"Your faking…you don't have amnesia! I'm listening to Serena whine because of this and your faking!"

"It's a long story Luna, but I don't believe in all this destiny and rebirth stuff. I am Darien Chiba, not some Prince Endymion. I want to chose who I am to be with, not be with Serena just because her mother made some dumb wish to have us reborn. I didn't ask for that so why do I have to follow what destiny wants?"

"You don't…you're right, we should make our own decisions. Love whomever we want and if that means hurting that 'charge' that I didn't ask to be responsible for, so be it. I will keep your secret."

"I see that look, you want something in return, don't you?"

"Yes, but I will collect when the time is right…you don't have nothing to bargain with right now; but I know that someday you will."

Mist pooled around everyone again and they appeared back in the park.

"Now you can make a decision, one that will determine your future, based on all the information."

"Thank you Puu. I know everything now…right?"

"Yes princess…you know everything that can guide you in your decision."

The guardian of time disappeared with a nod to Ayden and a look of indifference to Darien. Ceron walked to Serena and let her cry on his shoulder for a few moments. Darien still couldn't move and Luna was still hovering in the air. Now before you ask, they were in a secluded location, they were going to have a private picnic.

"My advisor made a deal with another kingdom to forsake me. Made a deal, that revolved on a condition that a favor would be granted in the future. In return for Luna keeping Darien's secret of him NOT having amnesia, she got him to dump me because of a dream…a dream that wouldn't have been sent if Darien wasn't so heartless in the future. I would say Endymion, but I think that he died once he merged with Darien after Ann tried to kill him. Am I right Darien, did you realize what your past self did, and accepted your past enough to suppress him from destroying your selfish plans?"

"What's so selfish about controlling your own destiny?"

"It's selfish when you put YOUR planet on the line! My home is on the moon, which is the star I am destined to protect. My job was to help guide the earth in the ways of technology and commerce…to help you if war and strife broke out here…not do your job!"

Darien lowered his and Serena walked to the now quiet Luna.

"Luna…Lairabeth…my mother didn't want you as an advisor, but I pleaded with her to give you a chance. I rallied for you, told her you had qualities befitting of a royal house member. If not for me, you would have died with the rest of my people. My mother's spell connected those that I cared about…and gave them a second chance to have the life that was taken from them. And this is how the two of you thank me…with lies, deceit and heartache…"

"I can't do anything to you Darien…but knowing that for the rest of your life you will be alone, gives me some satisfaction. I suggest that you do come to grips with your past…we won't be here to do your dirty work forever."

"Luna, you committed this deceit in order to get Darien. I'm sick of you in that form…the form of your deception…TRANSFORM!"

The cats' head was thrown back and long black hair fell down her back. Blue eyes and a cynical expression appeared on the woman's face. Ayden gasped.

"What's wrong Ayden?"

"I'm glad you're on my side…"

"It's her! She's the one that told Endymion of my visit…she's the mole!"

"Now it all makes sense. You knew that Endymion was going to eventually try his amnesia bit again, and you hoped that he would be with you… And if I'm guessing correctly, Neo-Queen Serenity didn't know about your skill to change forms; your teachings kept me very ignorant in the future!"

"Yes…you are so observant now Serena…"

"SILENCE!"

Lairabeth was rendered speechless as Serena took her speech in her human form.

"Does she light your embers Darien? Does looking at her make all this worth it?"

Darien said nothing and continued to hold his head down.

"TRUTH"

"No, she doesn't have anything I want. She looks like she would be a firecracker in bed, yet she has no power or prestige…she's a shape-shifter afterall. She could go to bed a woman and wake up a cat…that's bestiality! Why would I want that when I can have you?"

"That's enough Darien…we know how you feel."

"Huh…what did you do to me Raye?"

"Well my princess asked you a question that you chose not to answer, after what you did, she deserved to know the truth."

"Raye, why are you doing this. That's not how he feels…I know Darien loves me and I can do for him what that sorry 'princess' could never do!"

"Well, now that I have all of the testimony, the council will convene to hand out the punishment. Darien…you can leave us now."

Serena flicked her wrist and Darien reappeared in his apartment.

"Damn…how am I going to get her now?"

"Serena, I'm sorry for all this coming to a head today."

"No Ayden…you have saved me in ways Darien could never have…"

Serena walked up to him and gave him a long kiss.

"We have some unfinished business to attend to…Can I get a raincheck on today?"

"Only if you will come over for dinner later."

"You drive a hard bargain…but that can be arranged. I'll see you later."

Mina told Blake the same and the brothers departed.

Serena connected everyone's signal and transported them to the ruins of the Lunar Kingdom.

"I thought that since this decision would be one based upon the law of the Silver Millennium, what place would be better to carry out the sentence than our former home."

Ceron pulled out the book that he summoned earlier and began the proceedings.

"In my hand I hold the Book of Era…the history and laws of the Silver Millennium. It was written by Queen Serenity of Luna and Chronos, Father of Time, King of Pluto. This book records all occurrences of the lives and activities of those who are members of the Silver Alliance. Even if Pluto didn't tell us of your transgressions Lairabeth…this book would have. Its knowledge, before now, was only known to members of the High Council. In the past, this included the ruling bodies of the Alliance, the Advisor ad lidem, and Princess Amora, Commander of the Inner Court. Since the destruction of the Silver Millennium only myself, Mina and the Princess make up the Council until the inner princesses take their rightful throne."

"This book…" Mina continued. "Also gives suggestions for punishment in certain areas. The Council can chose not to follow the suggestions set forth, thusly deciding on something different. Their ruling is recorded and is written into law as an amendment. In this case, there were too many laws broken for there to have been an appropriate punishment suggested. So we will decide this as we see fit. Do you have anything to say…and I will remind you, we can tell if you are still lying and the truth will be taken from you."

"I did this for love…can't I have love for once?"

"You had love Lairabeth! You just didn't want what I offered you; instead you hurt someone to get what you didn't deserve. You did all this for Darien and he doesn't love you!"

"No, he has to love me…didn't I prove myself to him?"

"You heard what he said Lairabeth…I checked his heart…he didn't lie. He was being nice; he detests you. If you didn't overhear him…you couldn't have blackmailed him and he would have never left Serena. So thank you for your deceit, at least she has someone that loves her now…"

Serena kept quite during this exchange. She knew that Ceron had to get that off his chest. She watched Lita and noticed that she didn't feel threatened or jealous by this display. She understood that he loved Lairabeth in the past…that he had feelings for her in the present before he remembered how malicious she could be.

She pulled Ceron and Mina to the side. Raye, Lita and Amy walked around the ruins and found some things that could help them later on. Lairabeth was still restrained by Serena's spell and cried to herself. After 20 minutes, the Council came to a decision.

The others had returned by this time and noticed that the Council was ready and awaited their decision.

"Lairabeth of Mau, you have been found guilty of treason in the affair against the Sovereign ruler of the Silver Alliance. You conspired with the nation of Terra, a non-member of the Alliance, which caused detrimental emotional and physical damage to the Supreme Princess Serenity. You blackmailed the prince of another nation in order to gain favor in his heart. Your disrespectful treatment of the princess kept her from ascending to her full potential and hurt the team of the Senshi. You have gone against your vow and pledge and must be punished accordingly."

Serena stood, evidence of tears in her eyes. She was still in disbelief of what someone, she called her 'friend' had done to her and her kingdom.

"I, Princess Serenity of the Lunar Kingdom, Supreme Princess of the Silver Millennium and Sovereign Ruler of the Silver Alliance make the following ruling agreed upon by my Council. Your temporary banishment from Central and my home has been extended permanently. You are no longer a member of the Alliance, your abilities and knowledge of the Senshi will be wiped from your memory. Since you committed your offences in your feline form, you will spend the rest of your days as a cat. You will retain the knowledge of being a rebuked advisor and will not be able to communicate with me, the others or Ceron either verbally or mentally. Lastly, I take away your immortality and ability to heal. I have decided to place you in a shelter for adoption, but you only have 2 weeks to obtain a new master; if not…you will be destroyed. My decision is final, amended into law 2002…so saith I."

End chapter

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