To all reviewers, thank you! This chapter may be slightly out of whack with everything, but you'll get to understand it eventually.

Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon, but I do own the ougonritsu and the Kinpa.

A pair of blue eyes stared out of a window, onto a barren land. No plants grew, save for a few dead trees. Had the eyes been looking to the back, they may have seen an artificial garden, made to look just like a real one, but the eyes preferred it here.

"Do you do much besides stare out windows?"

Usagi didn't bother turning around.

"Saffir, go rub a monkey's butt."

The raven-haired man laughed and sat next to her on the window seat, grinning madly. He had come to love the girl as a sister, and she never ceased to surprise him.

"Now, now Serenity. We don't want to have to stay inside all day today. Do we?" Saffir had been assigned a job rather like being a father to Usagi. It also meant that if she misbehaved, she would be grounded.

She turned to face him. "Killjoy."

He stuck his tongue out. "Wet blanket."

"Party pooper."

"Spoilsport."

"Parent."

"Curmudgeon."

She frowned and pouted. "No fair! Big words are not to be used!"

Saffir smiled. "Maybe I like them." When she made as if to get up, he caught her wrist and changed the subject.

"So, what were you doing?"

Usagi sighed. "Searching for them."

He frowned. "Didn't you say…?"

"Yes. It's getting harder to remember them, but when I do…I look for them Saffir."

"Would you leave us?"

She walked over to the bookcase next to her, and leaned her head against it.

"I cannot say."

Saffir stood, bowed, and vanished. Usagi smiled slightly. "It would be a tough decision…after five years of waiting."

"Puu!"

No one moved as Chibiusa was cradled in the woman's arms.

"Hello there, Small Lady. I trust you have been in good hands while I've been gone?"

Chibiusa looked up at her. "Yeah! I've been with Mamorou-san, and after that with Usagi-chan!"

The woman smiled. "Good. I notice you have told them of Usagi's being your mother. Is that true?"

"Yeah, but I didn't tell 'em who Daddy was!"

"Good enough." The woman turned to face the rest of them, and put Chibiusa down. She held onto her staff in front of her, and bowed.

"Lord Endymion, sailor senshi, and the shittenou, I am Sailor Pluto, Guardian of Time. I cannot tarry any loner, and so I will tell you what I must."

"Wait a second!" Jadeite was scowling at her. "I remember you, Pluto, but I also remember your powers. Couldn't you have stepped in a little earlier?"

Pluto shook her head. "I am not even supposed to be here now. Listen to me, Jadeite, Serenity is in trouble. She has been taken by the Dark Moon Family."

"We've beaten those jerks before! We can take them on again!"

Pluto cast a sharp glance at Jupiter, who fumed quietly.

"She is not in danger of the Dark Moon Family, but rather with something within herself. Demando's brother, Saffir, has made a Dimension Ripper that has taken her to the Negaverse. I have no power there so it will be hard for me to break into the barrier. With Saturn's help, and a bit of Lord Endymion's, I may."

"Hold on." Mercury's voice rang out. "Ripping through the dimensions is not possible!"

"It is in Saffir's case. The man is a genius, and although he wishes Serenity no harm, his ambition is dangerous. He did not make the Ripper a two-way device, and they cannot send her back." Pluto answered stiffly.

"How is there danger within herself?"

Pluto gave Uranus a friendly grin, and all the Outers smiled back. It was obvious they knew each other well.

"Even I do not know. The Goddess has plans for her."

"Goddess?" Mars snorted. "What Goddess?"

Pluto narrowed her eyes. "The Goddess Selene, patron goddess of the moon and the only reason your stuffy behind isn't floating in space and alive on Earth a millennia after you died."

Mars let out a small shriek of anger, before Jupiter drew her back. Mamorou spoke for all of them.

"I thought Queen Selenity did that."

Pluto shook her head. "Selenity did not have enough power to do so. Princess Serenity's own power, if awoken, would have been greater than hers, but the Princess was dead. The Goddess took over the Queen's body, and cast a spell of eternal reincarnation on you all. She sent you into the future, and she has been caring for you all these years, watching over you. In a sense, she is the ginzouishou, only ten times more powerful."

They stood still, absorbing the information.

"So," Zoicite said slowly. "How do we get to Sere?"

Pluto sighed. "As I said before, I have no power in the Negaverse. Time runs differently there, and I may only enter through some sort of tear in the fabric of Time. We may appear eons after Serenity was taken, or seconds. Saturn for reasons that need not be made known to you all, will be able to help me, as will Endymion. But him, only if he chooses to awaken his birthright."

"…Eh?" Venus asked, confused. Pluto looked as if she was trying desperately not to roll her eyes and vanish.

"Just as the Princess has the ginzouishou, Earth's royal family had a crystal, the Golden Crystal, or the ougonritsu."

"Or fish toda wha—," Jadeite wrinkled his nose, upset.

"Literally translated, it means The Golden Rule. The Terrans were originally frightened of magic, so the crystal was written out of textbooks for years. This crystal, when joined with a ruler of Earth, made them the true king and ruler of all Terra. Because they did not have the crystal, most kings could not truly claim the throne. But the kings also had to possess a certain amount of magical power."

Here, she turned to Mamorou. "You have the most power ever generated by a ruler of Earth, and thus are a perfect recipient."

"So where is it now?" Kunzite questioned her.

"It is within the Princess. When Endymion died, he had tried to save her, and thus awoken the power of the crystal. It didn't work, and all energy was transported to the Princess, and it became the Kinpa."

"Damn it, woman, speak in English!" Jadeite muttered, but loud enough so that everyone could hear. Pluto shot him a look of instant dislike, but continued.

"Literally, the Kinpa means golden moonlight. It is the ougonritsu and the ginzouishou combined. However, the princess cannot use the ougonritsu, as it responds to Endymion's touch only. When she grows older, then she may harness it, but only when her power is fully developed. Endymion must call the ougonritsu back from her, and use it to trace her from wherever she is on the Negaverse."

"You confuse me." Venus grumbled. So how does Ma-er, Endymion call the crystal back?"

Pluto shrugged. "That, only he knows. We must wait until he can do so before we go and save Serenity."

"Then hurry the hell up!" Jadeite groused.

Mamorou shot him a glare. "Maybe you can leave." Pluto's mouth twitched at the corners.

"The shittenou must stay with you, as you draw upon them and they upon you. They are like your senshi…"

"Kunzite in a fuku."

The shittenou couldn't help the bursts of laughter that escaped them at Jadeite's words, as did the senshi. Even Pluto had to suppress a laugh as Kunzite retorted.

"Jadeite with a big bow and twirling around showered by stars. Can you see his hair in odangoes?"

The senshi moved into the kitchen and tried their best to come up with a way to help Usagi when they reached their destination. Pluto and the Outers walked outside on the balcony, minus Saturn, who sat down with Chibiusa and began to play a hand game.

Mamorou surveyed the shittenou, the looked at Chibiusa. Her small face was creased in a smile as she followed the words Saturn had taught her earlier on.

Cinderella dressed in yellow, swept downstairs to meet her fellow. He pulled back and cried, gadzooks! When she fell on her caboose, and the Queen clapped her hands and cried so gaily, "Maybe we shouldn't hold balls daily." No one listened, no one stopped, as the Queen went on nonstop. How many times did she clap?

He smiled as he saw her count out the numbers, performing an elaborate sequence. He realized someone was staring at him, and turned back to see Kunzite with a small half smile on his face.

"Children…so full of innocence, no milord?" Mamorou said nothing, and Nephrite spoke for the first time that night.

"You must forgive us, my liege. We did not harm you or anyone in any way. Beryl took our likenesses and used them."

Mamorou stared them all straight in the eye. "How could I be upset, at those that were my best friends?"

Every shittenou broke out in a smile, although Jadeite, stubborn as he was, stuck his tongue out at Mamorou. "Yeah, well I'm still Sere's cousin, and you did break up with her. What was that all about?"

With painful hesitation, Mamorou told them of the dreams. The shittenou remained silent, looking away from him.

"Do they trouble you now?" Nephrite asked finally. Mamorou scratched his head.

"Well…no. Even thinking about Usa made the voices come, but now they're gone."

"I have a theory." The brown haired shittenou began. "As Pluto-sama said, you do draw upon us, and we upon you. Maybe, with our built up energy around you, we can prevent the voice, but only for a short time. I can already feel the negative energy returning. Maybe, when you call upon the ougonritsu, it will break the hold of the voices."

"And if it doesn't?" Mamorou looked slightly worried. Then, all the shittenou were suddenly kneeling at his feet, heads bowed. Kunzite spoke for them all.

"We would sacrifice our lives so that you may be without the voice, milord. We are your loyal shittenou, and to you we pledge our allegiance."

Mamorou was suddenly overcome with a flood of emotions. These men were his best friends, and they would give up their lives for him or anyone he ordered them to. They were the most loyal friends a guy could have.

"Arise, my shittenou." They looked up, and were stunned speechless when they realized soft golden glow was enveloping him. His eyes, usually a deep blue, raged with angry flecks of tawny gold.

"It is time I received my birthright."

Y'all should thank me for all the hours I spent trying to find appropriate Japanese names for the Golden Crystal. It belongs to MEEEEEEEE! I hope you liked this chapter, minna-chan. By the way, Angel, yes Mamorou is Darien, although I think they could have found a better name for him. Mamorou seems more…feminine, don' t you think?