Arieslily: Okay, so I'm incredibly disappointed in the lack of reviews I've been getting. What's up with that?

Nix: Seriously.

Arieslily: So could we please try and do a little better people? DTN, SVZ, Firenze, and Princess Ren, you're fine. You were great with your reviews. But I've got to know what more people are thinking so I can go on. I have enough ideas for a couple more chapters before I leave, but if no one is reading, I'm not sure how worth the work and the time it will be. Especially if you're reading it and you don't like it-I'd like to know how I could improve. Thank you. Oh, and this chapter is for Firenze and the others, but especially Princess Ren because I thoroughly enjoyed your review, and you were right. Oh, and Ren, (May I call you Ren? Or perhaps Princess? I don't know which you might prefer.) I was disappointed in the length as well, but I didn't want to give away too much. I was already borderline. This one may be better.

Update: I started this before I left, but obviously didn't finish. So here we go. And for anyone who cares, the song lyrics that inspired the title are: "You/ Have got to have the Blue/ -est eyes I've ever seen/ And when I wake from dreaming/ I am screaming out your name..."

Chapter 3: When I Wake From Dreaming…

Footsteps...

She was trapped in a long, dark corridor. There were little specs of light above her-maybe they were stars. She couldn't tell. She had to keep moving, there was someone following her. Silently she traveled, hoping to evade her would-be pursuer.

'Somehow,' she thought, 'there must be a way out.'

Hiding in shadows, she crept out stealthily, moving around a corner and into...a big open room. She was unarmed and untransformed. Looking down, she found herself in an evening gown, totally unequipped to protect herself. This was not good. No weapons to help her, no shadows to hide in. A booming roar of sound rang out around her then...

She found herself in the middle of a field, dressed in senshi uniform. Around her lay the bodies of her fallen comrades. Blood everywhere. A scream...then another body fell. It was her princess...A laugh rang out, then many voices at once. A figure in black came up to her, brushed back her blood soaked bangs, caressed her tear-stained face, and smiled an eerie smile. The voices kept growing louder and louder, moaning and wailing in pain. She herself was trembling in fear as the dead gray eyes of the man before her bore into her soul. She could feel her life ebbing away, and felt the burns, cuts, and the gash that would take her existence.

He spoke, but it was more like he was using telepathy. She couldn't tell anymore what was real sound and what was all in her mind. "I have watched you for millennia. Watched and waited. But no more. I am coming for you. Soon it will be over."

"No! I will not let you have her!" Another male voice called out this time out surely out-loud, but this voice was softer, stronger, more comforting than the other. It was so familiar, but it couldn't possibly be him. Or maybe it was, she didn't know who she was or what was happening anymore.

"You think you can stop me, you stupid little monkey? I come from one of the strongest powers in the universe! There is no one left who can rival me! The only one is dying as we speak, and I WILL get what I want."

"Are you sure there's no one else?" And a bright light filled her vision.

"Your silly parlor tricks and light shows can not work against me."

"We'll just have to see about that then, won't we?"

She could hear the clang of swords, words, and blows as the two men fought over her dying body. But then, comforting warmth surrounded her. She could feel the presence of magic, and could hear the queen's spell as she used the silver crystal, could feel her queen give up her life to save them all. Her body was lifted into the air. Drowsiness spread through her limbs, up through her torso to her head, and she began drifting away. But before it was done, she saw the two men halt their fight.

"No! This is not the way this was supposed to happen! Damn you Beryl! You were supposed to take care of this!" The gruff, evil voice yelled.

"My love? Please don't leave me!" The other man yelled. Upon hearing this, the evil man took his advantage and stabbed the nice man with light hair. She could hear the evil man mutter, though it must have been through telepathy, 'I WILL find you. Make no mistake about that. I will have you for eternity.' She could feel the spell surround them as well, but could also feel the good man's death rip through her worse than the sword that had killed her. How could he be dead!?! How could they all be dead!?! It wasn't possible, there had to be something left! But she could feel it. Everyone was gone…

"Noooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!"

Beep. Beep, beep, beep, beep, beeeeep, beeeeeeep, beeeeeeeeep, beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep!

Trunks' head shot up off the edge of Rei's hospital bed as her EKG went crazy and then flat lined. 'She can't be dying, she can't be. Please no, she can't leave me too.'

He started screaming for a doctor and pressing the buzzer. "Come on Rei, stay with me, please," he pleaded.

Suddenly Rei's body took a deep breath and she shot up of the bed screaming.

"Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!"

"Rei! Rei! Sweetie, it's okay, come on! You're okay, everything is fine now." Trunks yelled to her, while hugging her still shaking body to his own.

She blinked a few times, shaking her head, her hair flying. Her hands flew to her stomach, and seeing that there was no blood screamed again. Tears streamed down her face. Trunks' hand flew to her face, trying to wipe away her tears and soothe her. "Shhhhhhhh, sweetie, shhhhhhh. It's okay, I'm here, Grandpa is here, and so are your friends."

She blinked rapidly a few more times. "Where…where am I? Who am I? Who are you? What is this place? I should be…En mia lamibonerato donna nicchia effey."

"But the doctors…You shouldn't have amnesia. They said you would be fine! And what was that you just said? What language was that?" Trunks shook his head, "Your name is Rei Hino, you are in Tokyo General Hospital. You collapsed in the park. My name is Trunks Briefs, I'm your boyfriend." He was particularly scared now. She had a feral look about her, with her hair splayed out and a gleam in her eye. Her body seemed to glow, or maybe it was just his eyes tricking him. But she looked at his face, and then into his eyes, and she seemed to calm.

"Trunks? Oh thank Mars it's you. I had the vision again but it was longer, scarier, and I just don't…I couldn't tell if it was the past, the present, or the future," she sputtered out in rapid succession.

"Rei, are you okay now? Are you all here? Because just now you spoke another language like none I've ever heard. You weren't yourself."

"I can't possibly imagine what…It doesn't matter, I'm me. I'll be fine. But how did I end up here?"

"You collapsed in the park. Some dark haired guy carried you in, told the nurses what happened, then disappeared."

"A guy? What guy? Mamoru wouldn't disappear, and he's about the only dark haired guy I associate with."

"Nobody knows who he was, but I think he left you something," Trunks huffed, with a bit of jealousy in his voice, and pointed to a single, silvery white blossom sitting on a tray table along with her school bag.

"That flower…" Rei shook her head as a vision flashed through her mind. She struggled to remember just what had happened before she collapsed. Her short-term memory came flooding back to her, and she cried, "Michael must have been the one who brought me here!"

"Michael!?! Who is Michael!?!" Trunks yelled.

"Calm down. Michael Schwarzmond. You know, the new boy at your school."

"Oh. Wait! Since when are you two on a first name basis?"

"I was walking home through the park and I stopped in the flower gardens for a while. He was there too and he started talking to me. Then I tried to leave and I collapsed. Did the doctors say why?" She shook her head a little, and pressed the butt of her palm to her forehead. "My head is killing me."

"They suggested that it was brought on by exhaustion. Your body showed signs fatigue and lack of rest. Something about too much CO2 in your joints…"

"Well, that could be it, but I can't help but wonder if there were other forces at work. It's probably just paranoia at this point, but something was definitely off in the magical field. I could sense it. I just don't know if it was evil or not."

He pondered that for a moment. "It was probably that with the onslaught of psychic waves, your body just couldn't handle it anymore."

Having considered this, Rei nodded, "That's the only explanation that I can think of…Hey! Where's Grandpa? Shouldn't he at least be here?" She whipped her head around and frowned, not seeing anyone in her room. "And where are the girls and Mamoru? I would like to think they would be here if something happened to me."

"They're waiting outside. They were letting me have some time alone with you. I think they're kind of dying to come make sure you're okay though." As if just realizing they were the only ones in the room, Trunks yelled, "and where are the doctors!?! I called for them minutes ago!"

Almost recognizing their cue, two doctors rushed into Rei's room. "Ah, Miss Hino, you're awake! I'm Dr. Frye," said the short man with spiky red hair, "and this is Dr. Schulz," pointing to the very tall woman with wavy brown hair and large round spectacles. "We've been flown in to take on your case. Now, your tests have been showing us increased fatigue and lack of sleep…"

"And we've heard from your family and friends that you've not been sleeping well and have been distracted for large periods of time during class and other activities," the other doctor finished. She had a pleasant voice, but something about her made Rei feel like she couldn't be trusted.

Rei sighed. She could tell this was not going to go well. "It's true, I've not been sleeping well. That's nothing unusual, I'm a known insomniac."

"But the distracted listlessness?" Dr. Schulz prodded.

Rei suddenly realized she would have to put on one of the best performances of her life to get rid of these so-called doctors. Mustering a sweet smile and putting on her 'I-sound-like-I'm-complying-but-I'm-really-not' voice. "If you weren't sleeping most nights, and had to worry about planning a festival and getting your homework done, let alone helping to run a full-sized Shinto temple and shrine, wouldn't you be prone to a few moments of spacing out?"

Slightly ruffled, the female physician replied, "Yes, well, I suppose all that stress would affect anyone in such a negative manner."

"Quite right," the man posited…Dr. Fries or something. Frye maybe? "We've deduced that you need to reduce the stresses in your life. Cut back on an activity or two. Hire someone new at the Temple? Whatever it takes so you can restore your health."

"Right. So all the hard work I've already done for the festival can just be handed off to someone else who can't handle it? I've logged too many hours on this project, and it's something I love to do! It's one of my few creative outlets. Plus I'm head of the joint Supernatural Club between Azabu High School and TA Private School. I'm President of the History and Ancient Literature clubs, Captain of the Fencing team, and a soloist in the TA/ Azabu High Select Choir. Am I supposed to shirk those responsibilities? I love those activities, they help me stay sane going to a Catholic school that mocks all of my beliefs. Am I then supposed to ask my teachers to please cut back on the homework because I don't sleep well? Or hire another worker at the Temple when we're already having trouble with our finances? Explain how worrying about my chances to get into university with a lowered workload, and trying to figure out how we can cut back costs to budget in an extra full-time worker are going to help me feel less stressed?" She put on her low, quiet, dangerous voice. "A lot of people depend on me for various reasons, and I won't let them down. It's a matter of honor as much as loyalty and responsibility."

The doctors were scared silent.

Trunks sort-of stared, and then came to his senses. Hurriedly he blurted out, "of course not! Are we done here for now doctors? I can see Rei's family waiting outside. Would it be all right for her to see them now?"

Both doctors nodded dumbly and allowed themselves to be pushed out of the room. Trunks closed the door for a moment, rounded on Rei, and exclaimed, "You were a little scary. And your aura glowed the same way it glowed when you were speaking that other language earlier."

"I have no idea what you were talking about. Can you please let them in now; Usa looks like she's going to break down the door."

Trunks stepped away from the door to the room and was quickly pushed out of the way by the crowd of people wishing to enter. Mamoru held Usagi back to let Grandpa push his way through and hug his beloved granddaughter. "How are you my sweet girl? You gave me such a scare. Don't know if I can take too many more of those."

Rei tightened her hug around the old man's shoulders and whispered, "I promise, I'll try not to give you any more." Then Grandpa stepped back and Usagi sprang forward, her eyes dripping down tears. She jumped onto Rei and gathered her into a tight hug. "Rei! How could you do this to me? I was soooooooooooooo scared! I couldn't stop crying and worrying you wouldn't make it!"

"Usa, don't worry," Rei said, patting her leader on the back with one hand and wiping away some tears with the other. "I'm not going anywhere for a long time. If I wasn't around, who would keep you in line?" She smiled, and Usa stuck her tongue out at Rei then moved back to the group. Rei sat happily in her hospital bed, glad to see her friends. Mina was the next to move forward, though she hesitated. "Honestly! I'm not going to break Mina, you can come hug me." Mina too, flung herself at Rei and hugged her so tight she couldn't breathe. "Uh…Mina, you're choking me. Just a little bit."

"Oh! Rei I'm so sorry! I'm just so glad you're okay!"

"Right. Just don't go trying to heal me yourself. I remember 'Nurse Mina' all too well." Mina scowled, but Rei just smiled back at her, until Mina couldn't stay mad.

Makoto gave her a quick hug and said fighting back a tear, "Glad you're okay Rei. Don't know what we'd do without you." Rei knew Mako hated the hospital, especially seeing anyone she cared about sitting in one of its rooms. "No worries Mako, I'm feeling fine. But Ami, I think you need to tell my doctors a thing or two. They have it in their heads that this is all about stress."

Ami blushed bright red. "I don't know about my being able to tell them anything. It's just good to know you're awake Rei." She hugged her raven-haired friend tightly. "And you could probably do with a bit less stress in your life."

"Et tu, Ami? I can't believe this! I'm fine. This is not stress. In fact, nothing I'm involved in stresses me. Except this hospital! I just need to go home and get some real sleep, that's all." She had entered into Scary-Rei mode, breathing heavily.

Everyone moved a few steps back, except for Mamoru who said in a soothing voice, "Calm down imouto-chan. We'll get you out of here as soon as possible. But you're not going anywhere until you've calmed down and the doctors can see that you are okay to leave." She continued to breathe heavily with a scowl on her face, struggling to calm herself.

Trunks stepped forward. "Rei, sweetie, he's right. You'll be out of here in no time, as soon as you calm down." With his words, she slowly got her breathing and her temper under control. Mamoru made for the door, saying, "I'm going to go get the doctors to release her. Rei, I'll be right back," then he was out the door and down the hall.

"Oh thank the heavens! I can get out of here soon." Everyone in the room breathed a collective sigh of relief. Just then, there was a knock at the door. Grandpa went over and opened it up, assuming it was Mamoru and the doctors. A small man came through carrying a large bouquet of flowers with a card stuck in the top. "Flowers for a Miss…Rei Hino? Any of you fine women Rei Hino?" He asked, looking around at the other senshi.

"Actually, that's me. The one in the hospital bed?" Rei said, exasperatedly. The guy was smarmy, and she didn't like it.

"Sorry pretty lady. Here you go. Whoever your sugar daddy is, he's a lucky, rich bastard." The whole room went silent at this off-handed accusation. Trunks' fists balled up, ready to pound the man for even thinking that his girlfriend was a whore, but she put up a hand to stop him. Grabbing the man by his shirt collar, she pulled his face in close, his putrid breath making her nose wrinkle in disgust.

"Listen here, you pathetic excuse for a foreign exchange student, I am NO ONE'S whore. That means no sugar daddy, or whatever the hell you called it. Most Japanese women, you'll find, have honor and humility, and wouldn't sell themselves. So if you value your life, I wouldn't go around saying such off-handed comments again. Got it? Now apologize to me and my friends, and get out." She brought her other hand up, her hands heating, and pushed him away from her. He stumbled back away from her, watching his buttons melt and feeling the burning on his chest. Once stable on his feet, he mumbled a scared apology, turned, and ran out the door. The room remained silent as Rei examined the flowers from her bed.

"You guys shouldn't have! They're beautiful."

"Uh…Rei, we didn't." Said Usagi.

"Then Trunks, you sent them, right?"

"Sorry love. Not these. I picked out a different bouquet. But there's a card, why don't you check that out?"

"I don't understand. Grandpa, who else knows I'm here?"

"Well, you're not going to like this but…I told your father. I thought he might like to know."

Frowning, she reached for the card, and pulled it down to eye level. Her hands slipped behind it, and pulled the envelope open and off. Flicking the card open, she read the inscription. She began to shake uncontrollably with fear and rage.

Dear Rei,

Sorry to hear you are not well. Hope you get better soon. But I'm sure the doctors I sent for will fix your head right up. We'll chat soon.

Sincerely,

Your Father

Diet Member Hino of the Democratic Independence Party

"Well, that explains the smarmy delivery man." Upon seeing her friends' confused looks, she said, "They were sent by my father. He's all about cost, not quality. That's how much he cares…" She was still shaking.

"Oh Rei…" Mina said, feeling terrible for her best friend's relationship with her father.

"No, no, it's okay. Somebody get rid of these, please? I don't want to see them anymore."

"Sure, of course. I'll go take them out to the nurses to throw them away." Makoto said, picking up the offending flowers and walking towards the door.

"He thinks it's all in my head. That I'm going crazy or something from the stress, and so he had these two-"

"I'm sorry Mr. Chiba, but we are not signing her release forms until we see her again," Dr. Frye exclaimed, as he burst through the door, Dr. Schulz and Mamoru in tow, knocking Makoto and the flowers over and out of their way. "Now Miss Hino, how are you feeling?"

"I see you have visitors. Yes, one, two…three…too many visitors! Who let you all in here? Miss Hino should not be having this many visitors. She's 'not well'," said Dr. Schulz, complete with air quotation marks, "and shouldn't be bombarded with all of these people."

"They all stay, or I go. In fact, I vote that we all go, you doctors included. You can go back to wherever my father encouraged you to crawl out from, and I will go home with my friends. Sound good? I thought so. Please sign the papers and make this easy on all of us," Rei said, anxious to leave.

"Oh no, no, no, no. We have to make sure you're all right." Dr. Schulz peered over her clipboard at Rei, and checked her monitors. "Well, what do you think Dr. Frye?"

"I suppose she's okay to go. But I would like to see her in a couple of days to check on her progress. Plus I think she'll need these prescriptions filled," he said, handing two slips of paper to Grandpa. "You're free to go Miss Hino."

"Thank you."

A few hours later, once her prescriptions had been filled and she had been taken home, Rei was feeling much better. She was dressed once again in her comfy pj bottoms and Trunks' shirt. He was similarly dressed and Grandpa was in the kitchen fixing them all a snack. Rei clawed at the hospital id bracelet that wouldn't come off her wrist. Trunks watched, amused, and suggested she just burn it off if it wouldn't come off normally. Filled with a sudden satisfaction, she did just that and sighed contentedly. She snuggled into his arms saying, "I've been wanting to do that since I woke up."

Trunks enjoyed the moment but pushed her back suddenly. "I'm sorry, did my affection offend you?" Rei asked, astounded.

"No, it's not that. I actually enjoy the snuggling with you. But did you take your medication?" Trunks asked.

"What, the sleeping pills they prescribed for me? And the anti-stress uppers, whatever they are? No. I don't need medication to help me sleep. I just need to take care of these visions."

"If you're sure you'll be okay without following their orders. And I know you don't want to cut back, but I'm sure everybody would be willing to come help out here after school. And I might be able to bribe away a Capsule Corp. worker or two to run errands for the festival. Just to give you a hand. But speaking of dealing with stress, I just can't forget what happened today in the hospital."

"What, that guy with the flowers? That's just my father trying to buy off his familial obligations yet again and-"

"No, Rei. I meant when you spoke that other language. It was almost like you were possessed or something."

"I told you, I have no idea what you're talking about."

"Has anything strange been happening that you haven't told me about? Something about your dreams or in class or anything?"

"No…There's nothing. Not that I can think of anyway," she said, contemplating the last few weeks, searching her memory for anything out of the ordinary, "Wait! There was something! Last Friday, the day you were late to pick me up, I was day-dreaming the vision again during last period Study Hall. Kotono said I was doodling."

"You almost never doodle."

"Exactly."

"Did you save it? I mean I know it's not likely, but do you think you might have?"

"I'm sure I didn't. I would have thrown it away…But I was late! I thought I had to run and meet you! So there's a chance it was stuffed into my bag when I was packing up everything else. I'll go check." And with that she jumped up off the couch to go check her bag. She entered her bedroom and found her bag resting against her bedside table. Her eyes lingered however, on the surface of her bedside table, on which rested the moon blossom left for her by Michael. Shaking her head, Rei grabbed her bag and headed back to Trunks. Sitting down on the couch next to him, she began to rifle through the loose papers in her school bag, and came out with a large scrap.

"Is that it?" Trunks asked anxiously.

"It must be. It looks like a bunch of doodles. Little pictures and runes but…"

"But what?"

"It looks like, but it can't be…"

He had an air of panic surrounding him. "Can't be what Rei? You're starting to glow like you did in the hospital."

"Trunks, this isn't just a bunch of doodles," she said, leaning over and looking closer at the drawings.

"That's all it looks like. A bunch of strange little pictures. What else could it be?" He too, tried to take a closer look.

She leaned back. "A language. Well, I think it's two, actually."

"It doesn't look like any language I've ever seen before. It isn't…well is it that language you were speaking in the hospital?" Trunks was becoming a bit nervous.

Her face turned completely serious. "Trunks I haven't spoken these languages in over a thousand years. No one has, they've been dead since the end of the Silver Millennium."

"How is this possible?"

Rei stood, and began to pace. "I have no idea. I mean we knew one day we would get our memories back fully, but so far it has all been gradual. Some of us remember more than others. All I know is I'm starting to remember a lot."

"But what languages are they?" Trunks asked, still seated on the couch.

Rei stopped her pacing and stared at her boyfriend. "They are the official language of the Silver Millennium and of my home planet. Lunarian and Martian."

"Do you know what they say, Rei?"

"Some of it looks familiar. This here," She said, sitting back down and pointing to a symbol, "is Martian for enemy. This one," she pointed to another, "is my name. And this," pointing to a rune, "is Lunarian for 'bond'. With some time, I should be able to puzzle it all out and then interpret the meaning. I think I remember that, back on the Moon, I used to go into a meditative trance and they would record all my prophecies and whatever I said so that it could be examined for potential information on the enemies."

A huge smile blossomed over Trunks' face. "But Rei! This is great! This could be the key to your visions! You could be free."

Rei looked disturbed and unsettled. "At the cost of my present self? My former self could take over with the influx of all these memories. You said it yourself, I was like a different person when I was in the hospital. No, somehow I think this is far from over. But I'll try it anyway. It may help us with the new enemy that's coming."

Arieslily: So, how was it? Bit darker than usual, ne? And much longer. I think this is the longest single post I've ever written. Is this a sufficient length, PrincessRen? Anyway, darker chapter planned for the next one. Going to be good. Interesting, I think. Can't wait until it's finished. I'm thinking it may be out sooner this time. It's all planned in my head, should be typed by next week. There will be a good cameo or two. I hope you all enjoy it, and that you enjoyed this chapter! Review please!