~~A/N: Well, people: HERE IT IS! Here finally will at least some questions will be answered!!! Apologies for it taking so long. Oh, and the winner of the cameo is… OCIANNE!!! Muchos congrats!!!! Your appearance has had to be moved to the next chapter because I didn't want to delay this chapter longer. But it will be there!

On to the story!!!!!!!!!!~~

Zoisite looked over at Mamoru, who was just waking Kunzite. "Has she stirred?" he asked. Mamoru shook his head.

"No, not once." Zoisite nodded, glancing once more at the sleeping Senshi. Soon all the men were awake, and Jadeite put on a pot of soup to heat. Zoisite sat beside Mercury and cast his eyes over her slumbering form. He gently put out one hand to stroke back an errant lock of blue-black hair, when she began to stir. Quickly withdrawing his hand, he motioned to Kunzite who drew a mug of soup and broke off a piece of bread to go with it.

Mercury stirred again, and opened her eyes. For a moment, as she looked around her at her warm blankets and pillow, she seemed quite perplexed. She trailed one slim hand over her blanket as if not sure it was entirely real. Finally she looked up at Zoisite, still sitting silently beside her. She blinked a few times and sat up.  He smiled softly at her as the confusion left her face, then, with lightening speed, she threw herself into his arms, crying. Zoisite's arms closed automatically around her, enfolding her in a warm embrace, while all the while she said something, the words muffled by his shoulder. *This feels so… right,* he thought. Finally she lifted her head, her blue eyes now red-rimmed and repeated what she had been saying: "It wasn't a dream."

"No," Zoisite said softly. "It wasn't a dream." He very reluctantly released her as Kunzite passed her the soup and bread, which was devoured, in very short order.  "Now," Zoisite said, turning back to the Senshi. "I believe it is time for answers." Mercury nodded.

"When you released me… you said I had been sealed for 500 years. Is… is that… really true?" Zoisite nodded. Mercury raised a white hand to her mouth and closed her eyes as fresh tears began to fall. "What happened to them?" she asked softly. "My friends, the Princess… my Zoisite…" Her eyes again opened and met his, then she dropped her head.

Zoisite remained silent for a minute before speaking again. "The other Senshi were consigned to their elements, like you were." Mercury looked up, sparks of hope dancing in her eyes. "They still live, but, like you were, they are prisoners. As for the Moon Princess…it's all rather strange. I believe they tried to kill her, but for some reason… they couldn't."

"They couldn't kill her?" Mercury asked, astounded. "Do you mean they wouldn't, or they couldn't?"

"They couldn't. So, they sealed her in a crystal coffin and concealed it in the middle of a desolate wasteland somewhere on the Moon and there she sleeps. She is alive." Mercury closed her eyes and clenched a fist in quiet triumph.

("When did you find that out?" Nephrite asked.

"I read it in the book," Zoisite explained.

"And you didn't tell us?"

"You never asked. Read it for yourself, the book's in my pack.")

Nephrite nodded as Zoisite turned back to the Senshi. "As for your Zoisite… in a way, he is here before you." Mercury blinked, confused.

"Zoi?" Mamoru asked. "What do you mean?"

"I dreamed again last night," Zoisite explained. "Three meetings with you, Mercury. From what I can gather, in light of everything that has happened… I think they were memories."

"Memories?" Nephrite echoed. Zoisite nodded.

"From my former life." He turned to Mercury. "I think I am the Zoisite you knew… reincarnated. I knew the original Zoisite never had children, but when he died his sister was pregnant. She named that son Zoisite, and in every third generation the first-born son after that." Silence fell while everyone considered this.

"That would certainly explain your dreams," Kunzite mused.

"And the dejá-vu," Jadeite added.

"And the physical similarity," Mercury said, looking him over again.

"So that would mean that we also are reincarnations of our namesakes?" Nephrite asked. Mamoru nodded.

"But," he addressed Mercury, "When you first woke, you called me Endymion. My name is Mamoru."

"The last King Endymion only took that name upon his coronation," Mercury explained. "Before that, he was called Mamoru." Mamoru nodded. *King?* he thought

"Is everyone satisfied?" Zoisite asked. Nods all round. "Good. So I am guessing we will regain more of our memories as we find and awaken each Senshi."

"You're going after the others as well?" asked Mercury, her eyes shining.

"Of course," Zoisite replied. "We mean to overthrow the Dark Kingdom, and if we hope to succeed, we will need you. All of you." Mercury nodded.

"Then shall I travel with you?"

Zoisite shook his head. "No, it would look too suspicious. We have arranged for you to stay at the Losa Kard Hotel, the inn on the edge of the wastelands. The innkeeper there has agreed to conceal you until we have woken all the Senshi. When that time comes, we will come for you all, and fly you to the Moon." Mercury looked as if she was about to argue, but changed her mind.

"What time is it?" she asked. "Is it day or night?" Nephrite checked his watch.

"It draws near midday." Mercury nodded.

"Then let us be off," she said, rising somewhat unsteadily.  

"Mercury, you've barely awoken, you can't possibly be strong enough to travel!" Mamoru protested. Zoisite smiled softly.

"Mamoru? When she gets that look in her eyes, there's no arguing with her!" Mercury smiled warmly.

"I'll be alright." She turned to face the block of ice wherein she had been imprisoned for five centuries. A flash of blue next to it caught her eye and she gasped softly in surprise when she saw it was the sapphire crystal. Walking over to it, she ran one gloved hand over it and picked it up. "My crystal," she whispered softly as it began to glow. Turning back to face the men, she saw her wands and lyre, still sealed in the block of ice. As if in a trance, she walked over to it and touched the top. The block shattered, and her items fell to the ground in a shower of crystal. She knelt and gathered them into her hands, still keeping hold of her crystal. She turned back to the men and smiled. Mamoru blinked as a strange expression wandered across his features.

"Mamoru?" Kunzite asked. "What is it?" Mamoru just shook his head.

"Dejá-vu, I think." Mercury's smile faded and she turned her head slightly. Zoisite thought for a moment.

"Mercury." She looked over to him. "For all intents and purposes, I… we… are still the men you knew 500 years ago. We've just… forgotten a few things. They'll come back to us sooner or later." He rose and walked over to her, and gently placed his hand on the crystal. *I am still the man you loved,* he thought. *And I will be again.*

*I know.* Zoisite heard her say this, yet her lips did not move. His eyes widened slightly, and she nodded. *Yes, that was me. I can communicate telepathically with anyone who touches this crystal, and with the other Senshi if they are holding their crystals.*  Zoisite nodded.

*You know, the moment I saw you, I fell in love with you again.* Mercury blushed slightly and ducked her head briefly. Zoisite smiled and lifted his hand from the crystal, turning to face his friends. "Let's get going."

"Hang on a minute, what just happened there?" Nephrite asked.

"What do you think?" Zoisite smiled slightly.

"All we saw was you two standing there, both touching the crystal. It glowed a couple of times, but that's it," Jadeite said.

Zoisite and Mercury exchanged a look. "Apparently, we can communicate telepathically when we are touching this crystal," Zoisite said.

"Cool." Zoisite laughed.

"Come on. Let's get out of here." Mamoru nodded and stood up.

"We'll reassign the speeders. Kunzite, you ride with me. Nephrite, you stay with Jadeite. Zoisite, you take Mercury. We've got a lot of ground to cover."

Zoisite nodded. "Then let's get packed and outta here."

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Within a very short space of time all their gear was packed, and the speeders driven to the surface. Mercury was the last to leave the tower. As she left, she turned back and looked at the place that had been her prison. "Stand back," she said softly. The men moved everything to a safe distance as she fixed the tower with a calm gaze. "This tower, while beautiful, is a symbol of the Dark Kingdom," she announced. "Let this be the first sign of their downfall!" Stepping back slightly, she threw down her right hand. "Mercury Aqua Rhapsody!" A mighty wave of sparkling water shot from the water Senshi and struck the tower, which came crashing down in a shower of white crystal.

"Yeesh," Jadeite murmured, while Zoisite looked impressed. 

Mamoru grinned. "Are we just going to stand here gawping at a ruined tower, or are we going to get the hell out of here?" 

Mercury smiled and leapt into the middle speeder. "Let's go." Zoisite shot her an identical smile and took the driver's seat. With a whoop, the other men mounted their speeders and they shot off into the white wasteland.

~~A/N: Well faithful readers, there you have answers. Some anyway. J

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