Serena walked with Sam in silence, taking in the familiar surroundings as
they headed towards her parent's home. She had promised Sam that she would
face her parents again, try to explain what had happened all those years
ago. The only problem though was that with each step closer to her house,
Serena felt the urge to throw up grow inside of her. She was more afraid
of facing her mother and father than she had ever been of fighting any
monster. In fact, she would have gladly run off to face a thousand
Negaverse monsters than knock on one pale red door.
All too soon they were at that door and Sam stood looking at her, waiting for her to make the first move. She wanted to. Wanted to take that last step and knock on the door but no matter how hard she ordered her limbs to move, they remain numbly hanging at her sides.
"Serena?" Sam finally asked uncertainly.
Serena finally got some control over her own body and turned to smile at her brother reassuringly. She actually managed to knock on the door but it was so light that she was sure no one could possibly have heard.
Taking a deep breathe to steady herself, Serena raised her arm and knocked on the door again, this time much more firmly. Within seconds the door was whipped open and Serena's mother stood there, her eyes immediatly focusing on her son.
"Sammy!" she cried, grabbing her son into a huge hug and bursting into tears.
A second later, Serena's father came running out to throw his own arms around his son and his wife. Serena stood off to the side, unnoticed, watching the family reunion. Her parents must have been worried to death about Sam.
Serena's mother pulled back from the hug and shook Sam, demanding "Where have you been? What happened? Are you okay?"
Sam smiled, "I'm fine Mom. Really. Serena..."
At that, Serena's father looked up and saw her, "You."
Her mother turned her head to look in shock at a daughter that she hadn't seen or heard from in years standing less than two feet away. And in that moment, facing her parents, Serena was a fifteen year old girl again, terrified and confused, caught in the act of sneaking back into her house late at night.
Her father glared at her and asked suspiciously, "You're responsible for Sam's disappearance?"
"No! Dad, it wasn't Serena's fault." Sam cried out in denial.
"Then why is she here?" her father demanded.
"She saved me!" Sam answered.
"Saved you from who?" her father asked, his anger bleeding out of his voice as he began to listen to his son's story.
"These guys, they grabbed me. I think they wanted to use me to get to Serena. But she saved..."
"To what?!" their father interupted, all the anger back in his voice as he turned to yell at Serena, "What kind of trouble have you gotten yourself into?"
"Dad!" Sam yelled in frustration at being interupted.
"No! I want to hear this from your sister." her father growled out.
Serena had stood frozen during this entire shouting match, trying to think of something to say. Now, with her father glaring at her and her mother staring at her with some unreadable expression, the words she sought seemed even farther away than before.
"Well?" he father promted her.
"I..." Serena sighed and closed her eyes, forcing out the words that sounded more like an accused's confession to her than an explaination, "I have some enemies that thought they could use my brother against me. They kidnapped him. A friend of mine has been looking out for him for the past couple days till I got there. I'm just bringing him home."
"Why your brother? You haven't seen him in years?" her mother asked quietly.
Serena felt like those quiet words punched a whole in her stomach as she opened her eyes to look at her mother, "They knew because I have been hanging out with him occasionally during the last couple months."
"What?" her father burst out, "How dare you sneak around behind our backs to see Sam!?"
"I'm sorry." Serena said, bowing her head, guilt eating away at her.
"I'm not!" Sam yelled, "Dad, you don't understand. Serena is..."
"I don't want to hear it, young man. Serena put you into danger. She kept getting into trouble when she lived under this roof and I see she is still in trouble. I will not allow her to ruin your life like she ruined her own." her father interupted Sam.
Those word burned a hole into Serena's heart, taking root among all her own insecurities and giving them a strength and reality that they hadn't had before. Some how, hearing her father say that made all her fears true and shook her to her very core. Serena took a deep breath and called up that calm that had always served her as both a Princess and a warrior so that she could address the man in front of her, holding back the tears that wanted to come, "Sir, I am sorry that Sam was taken. I promise that it will not happen again."
"Your right. It won't. You will not see Sam again." her father stated.
"As you wish."
"In the house Sam. Now!" her father snapped.
"But..." Sam tried.
"Now!"
Serena watched her brother walk into the house slowly. She could see the anger and frustration in his face before the door slammed shut and she hoped that he didn't do anything stupid. And suddenly she was facing her parents alone.
"You were 'S.'" her mother said, wonderingly.
Serena looked at her mother and her control wavered for a second at the look on her mother's face as she nodded.
"I want to know what kind of trouble you are in, young lady." her father demanded.
Serena looked at him shook her head sadly, "I...I don't think I can explain."
"You had better. I will not have this family put in danger by your thoughtless actions." her father replied coldly.
Serena felt her calm slipping as she tried to find some way of telling her parent's the truth in a way that they would believe her. She could see it in their eyes that they were prepared to hear the worse but she didn't think that they would believe the truth.
With a deep breath she trnsformed herself into Sailor Moon.
Her parent's stood there, staring in shock.
"I promise, as a protector of this planet, I will not allow my enemies to use your son again in anyway. I am truly sorry for what you have gone through and pray that someday you will be able to forgive me for all the pain I have caused you."
Before her parent's could say anything she lept up to the roof top and teleported. She knew she was being cowardly but she didn't want to hear her father yell again or her mother's soft voice, full of hurt confusion. She hadn't really planned on transforming in front of them like that but she knew now that it had been the only way. There was no way thet they would have believed mere words. Especially not from her.
She allowed the transformation to fade away as she as she appeared in an alley several blocks away. Blindly she bagan to run in the opposite direction of her family's home. She felt the tears building in her as her father's word's replayed in her mind, slicing pieces of her heart off each time.
She had almost allowed herself to hope that morning. To hope that her parents would welcome her back home again and forgive her for all the things she had done in the past. That they would finally understand who she really was and accept that person. Love that person as a daughter.
But that hope was gone now, killed by her father's own words.
And not only had she lost the hope of regaining her parents, but she had lost her brother as well. He was no longer allowed to see her and she would not get him into further trouble by defying her parent's wishes. She would not 'ruin his life like she had her own'. She would not have him lose their parent's love like she had.
Without realizing it she had run to the park where she had spent so much time as a teenager. In the shade of the huge trees, Serena collapsed onto her knees, her hair pulled forward to cover her face as she sobbed. Her tears fell to the cold ground and disappeared into the same dirt she dug her fingers into. Clawing the ground as if she could get it to open up and swallow her.
She felt the burning pain in her heart, like someone had plunged a hot, molten dagger into her and twisted it. The tears on her cheeks left cold trails behind as the soft afternoon breeze hit her face, whipping back her hair to expose her tortured features before disappearing into the trees around her.
She hated herself.
In that moment, she truly hated herself. She couldn't do anything right. Her father had been right. She was a screw up. She always had been. She wasn't smart enough, fast enough, strong enough. Things that other people seemed to do so easily were a constant struggle for her. It was a miracle she had actually managed to finish high school. And how many jobs had she gone through over the years because she was always getting fired for being late or missing work because some monster had shown up and she had to deal with it.
Even things that she had once been able to do, in another life time on the Moon now escaped her. She longed for the grace and poise that had once been hers as a Princess of the Moon. The certainty of the future and her role in that future had died with her when Beryl had attacked her home on the Moon. She no longer knew what she was doing and felt like she was drowning slowly in a sea of her own uncertainties.
Anyone who came into contact with her got hurt. Her friends, her family, her scouts, Darien. How many times had the monsters targeted those close to her in order to hurt her. Last time it had been Darien, turning him against her, making her fight her lover in countless battles. They had known that hurting him was worse than hurting herself and yet they had made her do it again and again.
This time they had tried for her own brother, an innocent who had known nothing of her ancient fight. Smeone who had no part in this. He didn't deserve to be kidnapped, taken from his family to face real monsters. If Lita hadn't saved him, things would have been so much worse. It was something that ate at her. That she hadn't been there to save even her own brother.
And those were just two examples.
Everyone who came into her life suffered pain and loss because of her. She had tried to keep them safe by keeping everyone away but she wasn't good enough on her own. She needed them to help her. She had needed her scouts to stand by her side and support her.
She was the one that had cowered in fear during battles in the begining and cried over stupid, silly things that had no real meaning. She had always been the one they died protecting, every single time. She may have learned how to fight better over the years but it still hadn't been good enough to spare her friends. No matter what they said, she knew that they had been better off living as normal humans. Without all the fear and uncertainty that their futures now held.
It was amazing they still stood by her. That they hadn't turned away and left her.
Like her family had.
Her parents had every right to turn away, to kick her out of their lives. She had lied to them, kept secrets and put them in danger by simply being who she was. They had every right to tell her to leave them alone.
Maybe someday...
Serena ruthlessly crushed the thought. She had already been down that road. She would not allow herself to hope again that her parent's may accept her. It was enough that her brother loved her. Even if she never saw him again, she would always know that not all her family had abandoned her. Her brother had stood by her, fought for her, loved her. That was enough. It would have to be enough. To hope for more was being selfish and stupid. She had screwed up and she would take the consequences of that mistake.
Slowly the tears began to dry on her face and she noticed that the sun was getting lower in the sky.
She had almost forgotten about Mina. Here she was concentrating on her own problems when her friend was in pain and needed someone to talk to. And then there were Lita and Nephlite. Somewhere those two were trying to deal with their own set of painful issues. She didn't have time to cry over her own stupid problems. She had to help her friends as they dealt with their problems. The problems that were caused by her reawakening their memories.
She winced as she stood up. Somehow it always came back to her. She had been right not to want to awaken her scouts. All it seemed to cause was pain. But she had done it and now she wasn't going to let them deal with their pain alone. She was going to face the consequences of her actions and deal with them.
Serena began walking towards the grocery store to buy that ice cream she had promised Mina.
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AN: Hey. Um...I didn't know what else to add to this so I just sort of ended it there. I warned ya all that this wasn't going to be pretty. I'll do something in the next couple chapters to make up for all the angst, promise.
kalinda - Raye is gonna beat the living snot out of Jade. Part of the reason I'm procrastinating bringing him in. I feel sorry for the boy.
firelightz - thanks. It is wierd trying to give some thing that is based off of an anime like Sailor Moon that feeling of reality without taking away from what makes everyone love in the show. I'm glad you like it all so far!
roswellachick - umm...your going to yell at me for all the angst, aren't ya?
Snowgrl - Malachite is coming. Mina is pretty confused right now. But eventually she'll decide that she needs that guy back in her life.
missaw - so, the parentals chapter...what did ya think?
Ellen - hee hee, thank you. Yea, I'm totally aware that the responses are getting huge. But hey, their fun. And I love doing it. Oh, and don't worry about reviewing every chapter. I'm too lazy to do that too. It always amazes me when ppl do. It's like updating on andy sort of regular basis. It just doesn't happen in my world. Kind of amazes me it can happen in other people's.
bob - Thanks! Hope this is soon enough.
Redroses - Yay! Newbies! ::happy dance:: arg. stupid typos. I hate it when my brain goes faster than I can type and then I go back and read this semi-legible garbage. I'll work on that...
Mercurial1 - the answer to your question was a yes and a no. The parential definatly believed there at the end but that wasn't exactly the open armed welcome. I've actually known that this part of the story was going to go like this for a long time. A lot of this story, at least for Serena, revolves around family, past, present and future.
Ocianne - hey! Thanks, I hate the typos too. Sneaky little buggers are always working their way into my writing. I'm not done with the Lita/Neph pairing yet, or the Ami/Zoi. Remember, Zoi's still carrying around this ring...
happygolucky111 - thanks for the vote of confidence. I actually played around with this chapter more than usual, trying differant things out. I hope it all worked. ::crosses fingers::
Miko633 - I almost included a little of the enemies for you in this chapter but I couldn't get it to fit the way I wanted it to so I think I'll have them as a major part of the next chapter. Hope that's still cool.
Usako4life - what did you mean you weren't expecting anything for a long time?!?! I'm not that bad, am I? ::sigh:: ah well. I can't believe you put a quote from this story up as your away message. That is so cool! You totally made my day.
Prophetess Of Hearts - well, I think I covered all your points there. Now you can let me know how much it all sucked. ::hangs head:: seriously, this was hard to write and I have no idea how good/bad it is so any feedback on it would be awsome. Thanks!
Sailor Momoiro Hoshi - hee hee. Thanks for the watermelon shaped cookie. It made me laugh. My roommate thinks I'm nuts because I was so proud of my new cookie.
Kitsune Moonstar - a lot of people seem to want to see Jadite and Rei's confrontation. I think you all just want to see her kick some guy's butt but I'll see what I can do.
Transcendant Pig - hee hee, well...yea, um...about those morbid thoughts...::looks up at the chapter she just wrote:: I think I can relate. Though mine is more depression...
Lil-PrincessK - Oh! Sorry. Molly was Serena's friend. Nephlite was using her to protect his identity. Molly ended up falling in love with him and actually protecting him from the scouts. Nephlite was killed by Zoicite and died in Molly's arms.
Natalie - ask and you shall recieve. One new chapter.
BenRG - well, I hope this was alright. I knew that I didn't want Serena's family to welcome her back with open arms and to actually blame her for Sam's disappearance. I hope it came out semi-coherently and wan't too rushed.
Jabba1 - hee hee, everyone want to see Rei kick Jadite's butt. I think you all are just mean people and if I didn't want to see it too, I'd refuse to write it. hee hee. Anyway, hope the new chapter is semi-decent.
X5-452Star - Hey! Thanks a lot. It's always cool to hear that people like the dialog that I put in here. Its hard sometimes to figure out if things stay in-character or not and for some reason Lita and Neph have been harder than the others to write. So thanks again for that.
JerseyGirl03 - hee hee, we'll see. I still have to work out some details of where the last two generals are and what they've been doing for the past couple years so it might be a couple chapters before they show up.
All too soon they were at that door and Sam stood looking at her, waiting for her to make the first move. She wanted to. Wanted to take that last step and knock on the door but no matter how hard she ordered her limbs to move, they remain numbly hanging at her sides.
"Serena?" Sam finally asked uncertainly.
Serena finally got some control over her own body and turned to smile at her brother reassuringly. She actually managed to knock on the door but it was so light that she was sure no one could possibly have heard.
Taking a deep breathe to steady herself, Serena raised her arm and knocked on the door again, this time much more firmly. Within seconds the door was whipped open and Serena's mother stood there, her eyes immediatly focusing on her son.
"Sammy!" she cried, grabbing her son into a huge hug and bursting into tears.
A second later, Serena's father came running out to throw his own arms around his son and his wife. Serena stood off to the side, unnoticed, watching the family reunion. Her parents must have been worried to death about Sam.
Serena's mother pulled back from the hug and shook Sam, demanding "Where have you been? What happened? Are you okay?"
Sam smiled, "I'm fine Mom. Really. Serena..."
At that, Serena's father looked up and saw her, "You."
Her mother turned her head to look in shock at a daughter that she hadn't seen or heard from in years standing less than two feet away. And in that moment, facing her parents, Serena was a fifteen year old girl again, terrified and confused, caught in the act of sneaking back into her house late at night.
Her father glared at her and asked suspiciously, "You're responsible for Sam's disappearance?"
"No! Dad, it wasn't Serena's fault." Sam cried out in denial.
"Then why is she here?" her father demanded.
"She saved me!" Sam answered.
"Saved you from who?" her father asked, his anger bleeding out of his voice as he began to listen to his son's story.
"These guys, they grabbed me. I think they wanted to use me to get to Serena. But she saved..."
"To what?!" their father interupted, all the anger back in his voice as he turned to yell at Serena, "What kind of trouble have you gotten yourself into?"
"Dad!" Sam yelled in frustration at being interupted.
"No! I want to hear this from your sister." her father growled out.
Serena had stood frozen during this entire shouting match, trying to think of something to say. Now, with her father glaring at her and her mother staring at her with some unreadable expression, the words she sought seemed even farther away than before.
"Well?" he father promted her.
"I..." Serena sighed and closed her eyes, forcing out the words that sounded more like an accused's confession to her than an explaination, "I have some enemies that thought they could use my brother against me. They kidnapped him. A friend of mine has been looking out for him for the past couple days till I got there. I'm just bringing him home."
"Why your brother? You haven't seen him in years?" her mother asked quietly.
Serena felt like those quiet words punched a whole in her stomach as she opened her eyes to look at her mother, "They knew because I have been hanging out with him occasionally during the last couple months."
"What?" her father burst out, "How dare you sneak around behind our backs to see Sam!?"
"I'm sorry." Serena said, bowing her head, guilt eating away at her.
"I'm not!" Sam yelled, "Dad, you don't understand. Serena is..."
"I don't want to hear it, young man. Serena put you into danger. She kept getting into trouble when she lived under this roof and I see she is still in trouble. I will not allow her to ruin your life like she ruined her own." her father interupted Sam.
Those word burned a hole into Serena's heart, taking root among all her own insecurities and giving them a strength and reality that they hadn't had before. Some how, hearing her father say that made all her fears true and shook her to her very core. Serena took a deep breath and called up that calm that had always served her as both a Princess and a warrior so that she could address the man in front of her, holding back the tears that wanted to come, "Sir, I am sorry that Sam was taken. I promise that it will not happen again."
"Your right. It won't. You will not see Sam again." her father stated.
"As you wish."
"In the house Sam. Now!" her father snapped.
"But..." Sam tried.
"Now!"
Serena watched her brother walk into the house slowly. She could see the anger and frustration in his face before the door slammed shut and she hoped that he didn't do anything stupid. And suddenly she was facing her parents alone.
"You were 'S.'" her mother said, wonderingly.
Serena looked at her mother and her control wavered for a second at the look on her mother's face as she nodded.
"I want to know what kind of trouble you are in, young lady." her father demanded.
Serena looked at him shook her head sadly, "I...I don't think I can explain."
"You had better. I will not have this family put in danger by your thoughtless actions." her father replied coldly.
Serena felt her calm slipping as she tried to find some way of telling her parent's the truth in a way that they would believe her. She could see it in their eyes that they were prepared to hear the worse but she didn't think that they would believe the truth.
With a deep breath she trnsformed herself into Sailor Moon.
Her parent's stood there, staring in shock.
"I promise, as a protector of this planet, I will not allow my enemies to use your son again in anyway. I am truly sorry for what you have gone through and pray that someday you will be able to forgive me for all the pain I have caused you."
Before her parent's could say anything she lept up to the roof top and teleported. She knew she was being cowardly but she didn't want to hear her father yell again or her mother's soft voice, full of hurt confusion. She hadn't really planned on transforming in front of them like that but she knew now that it had been the only way. There was no way thet they would have believed mere words. Especially not from her.
She allowed the transformation to fade away as she as she appeared in an alley several blocks away. Blindly she bagan to run in the opposite direction of her family's home. She felt the tears building in her as her father's word's replayed in her mind, slicing pieces of her heart off each time.
She had almost allowed herself to hope that morning. To hope that her parents would welcome her back home again and forgive her for all the things she had done in the past. That they would finally understand who she really was and accept that person. Love that person as a daughter.
But that hope was gone now, killed by her father's own words.
And not only had she lost the hope of regaining her parents, but she had lost her brother as well. He was no longer allowed to see her and she would not get him into further trouble by defying her parent's wishes. She would not 'ruin his life like she had her own'. She would not have him lose their parent's love like she had.
Without realizing it she had run to the park where she had spent so much time as a teenager. In the shade of the huge trees, Serena collapsed onto her knees, her hair pulled forward to cover her face as she sobbed. Her tears fell to the cold ground and disappeared into the same dirt she dug her fingers into. Clawing the ground as if she could get it to open up and swallow her.
She felt the burning pain in her heart, like someone had plunged a hot, molten dagger into her and twisted it. The tears on her cheeks left cold trails behind as the soft afternoon breeze hit her face, whipping back her hair to expose her tortured features before disappearing into the trees around her.
She hated herself.
In that moment, she truly hated herself. She couldn't do anything right. Her father had been right. She was a screw up. She always had been. She wasn't smart enough, fast enough, strong enough. Things that other people seemed to do so easily were a constant struggle for her. It was a miracle she had actually managed to finish high school. And how many jobs had she gone through over the years because she was always getting fired for being late or missing work because some monster had shown up and she had to deal with it.
Even things that she had once been able to do, in another life time on the Moon now escaped her. She longed for the grace and poise that had once been hers as a Princess of the Moon. The certainty of the future and her role in that future had died with her when Beryl had attacked her home on the Moon. She no longer knew what she was doing and felt like she was drowning slowly in a sea of her own uncertainties.
Anyone who came into contact with her got hurt. Her friends, her family, her scouts, Darien. How many times had the monsters targeted those close to her in order to hurt her. Last time it had been Darien, turning him against her, making her fight her lover in countless battles. They had known that hurting him was worse than hurting herself and yet they had made her do it again and again.
This time they had tried for her own brother, an innocent who had known nothing of her ancient fight. Smeone who had no part in this. He didn't deserve to be kidnapped, taken from his family to face real monsters. If Lita hadn't saved him, things would have been so much worse. It was something that ate at her. That she hadn't been there to save even her own brother.
And those were just two examples.
Everyone who came into her life suffered pain and loss because of her. She had tried to keep them safe by keeping everyone away but she wasn't good enough on her own. She needed them to help her. She had needed her scouts to stand by her side and support her.
She was the one that had cowered in fear during battles in the begining and cried over stupid, silly things that had no real meaning. She had always been the one they died protecting, every single time. She may have learned how to fight better over the years but it still hadn't been good enough to spare her friends. No matter what they said, she knew that they had been better off living as normal humans. Without all the fear and uncertainty that their futures now held.
It was amazing they still stood by her. That they hadn't turned away and left her.
Like her family had.
Her parents had every right to turn away, to kick her out of their lives. She had lied to them, kept secrets and put them in danger by simply being who she was. They had every right to tell her to leave them alone.
Maybe someday...
Serena ruthlessly crushed the thought. She had already been down that road. She would not allow herself to hope again that her parent's may accept her. It was enough that her brother loved her. Even if she never saw him again, she would always know that not all her family had abandoned her. Her brother had stood by her, fought for her, loved her. That was enough. It would have to be enough. To hope for more was being selfish and stupid. She had screwed up and she would take the consequences of that mistake.
Slowly the tears began to dry on her face and she noticed that the sun was getting lower in the sky.
She had almost forgotten about Mina. Here she was concentrating on her own problems when her friend was in pain and needed someone to talk to. And then there were Lita and Nephlite. Somewhere those two were trying to deal with their own set of painful issues. She didn't have time to cry over her own stupid problems. She had to help her friends as they dealt with their problems. The problems that were caused by her reawakening their memories.
She winced as she stood up. Somehow it always came back to her. She had been right not to want to awaken her scouts. All it seemed to cause was pain. But she had done it and now she wasn't going to let them deal with their pain alone. She was going to face the consequences of her actions and deal with them.
Serena began walking towards the grocery store to buy that ice cream she had promised Mina.
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AN: Hey. Um...I didn't know what else to add to this so I just sort of ended it there. I warned ya all that this wasn't going to be pretty. I'll do something in the next couple chapters to make up for all the angst, promise.
kalinda - Raye is gonna beat the living snot out of Jade. Part of the reason I'm procrastinating bringing him in. I feel sorry for the boy.
firelightz - thanks. It is wierd trying to give some thing that is based off of an anime like Sailor Moon that feeling of reality without taking away from what makes everyone love in the show. I'm glad you like it all so far!
roswellachick - umm...your going to yell at me for all the angst, aren't ya?
Snowgrl - Malachite is coming. Mina is pretty confused right now. But eventually she'll decide that she needs that guy back in her life.
missaw - so, the parentals chapter...what did ya think?
Ellen - hee hee, thank you. Yea, I'm totally aware that the responses are getting huge. But hey, their fun. And I love doing it. Oh, and don't worry about reviewing every chapter. I'm too lazy to do that too. It always amazes me when ppl do. It's like updating on andy sort of regular basis. It just doesn't happen in my world. Kind of amazes me it can happen in other people's.
bob - Thanks! Hope this is soon enough.
Redroses - Yay! Newbies! ::happy dance:: arg. stupid typos. I hate it when my brain goes faster than I can type and then I go back and read this semi-legible garbage. I'll work on that...
Mercurial1 - the answer to your question was a yes and a no. The parential definatly believed there at the end but that wasn't exactly the open armed welcome. I've actually known that this part of the story was going to go like this for a long time. A lot of this story, at least for Serena, revolves around family, past, present and future.
Ocianne - hey! Thanks, I hate the typos too. Sneaky little buggers are always working their way into my writing. I'm not done with the Lita/Neph pairing yet, or the Ami/Zoi. Remember, Zoi's still carrying around this ring...
happygolucky111 - thanks for the vote of confidence. I actually played around with this chapter more than usual, trying differant things out. I hope it all worked. ::crosses fingers::
Miko633 - I almost included a little of the enemies for you in this chapter but I couldn't get it to fit the way I wanted it to so I think I'll have them as a major part of the next chapter. Hope that's still cool.
Usako4life - what did you mean you weren't expecting anything for a long time?!?! I'm not that bad, am I? ::sigh:: ah well. I can't believe you put a quote from this story up as your away message. That is so cool! You totally made my day.
Prophetess Of Hearts - well, I think I covered all your points there. Now you can let me know how much it all sucked. ::hangs head:: seriously, this was hard to write and I have no idea how good/bad it is so any feedback on it would be awsome. Thanks!
Sailor Momoiro Hoshi - hee hee. Thanks for the watermelon shaped cookie. It made me laugh. My roommate thinks I'm nuts because I was so proud of my new cookie.
Kitsune Moonstar - a lot of people seem to want to see Jadite and Rei's confrontation. I think you all just want to see her kick some guy's butt but I'll see what I can do.
Transcendant Pig - hee hee, well...yea, um...about those morbid thoughts...::looks up at the chapter she just wrote:: I think I can relate. Though mine is more depression...
Lil-PrincessK - Oh! Sorry. Molly was Serena's friend. Nephlite was using her to protect his identity. Molly ended up falling in love with him and actually protecting him from the scouts. Nephlite was killed by Zoicite and died in Molly's arms.
Natalie - ask and you shall recieve. One new chapter.
BenRG - well, I hope this was alright. I knew that I didn't want Serena's family to welcome her back with open arms and to actually blame her for Sam's disappearance. I hope it came out semi-coherently and wan't too rushed.
Jabba1 - hee hee, everyone want to see Rei kick Jadite's butt. I think you all are just mean people and if I didn't want to see it too, I'd refuse to write it. hee hee. Anyway, hope the new chapter is semi-decent.
X5-452Star - Hey! Thanks a lot. It's always cool to hear that people like the dialog that I put in here. Its hard sometimes to figure out if things stay in-character or not and for some reason Lita and Neph have been harder than the others to write. So thanks again for that.
JerseyGirl03 - hee hee, we'll see. I still have to work out some details of where the last two generals are and what they've been doing for the past couple years so it might be a couple chapters before they show up.