Disclamer: I am in no way responsible for the ownership of said Moon, or any of her friends. I am a starving college student, so even if you wanted to sue me, you wouldn't get jack!

Italics: Thoughts

Chapter 7 "Uh, Who? How? When? What? Awww, here it goes"

Darien just sat there, trying his best to not let his eyes bug out and to keep his jaw tightly shut.

"It's ok. Really. I am not here to start anything or to threaten you or the girls. Yes I know about the girls too. But I think that you will have the hardest time believing why."

Now that he was over the initial shock, Darien felt a calm, unlike anything he felt before, well, except maybe when he was in the arms of a certain meatball head. When he finally leaned forward, he said, "Alright, you have my attention. I don't usually have to do this every day, you know." He said with a smug grin.

Jonathan just shook his head and said, "No you don't. Now, did you honestly believe me last night when I said that I was psychic?" Darien looked at him a moment, obviously sizing up the figure sitting opposite him. This one was more like him, a fellow college student, for sure. The way that he addressed people was educated, and mature, not like the occasional slip-ups that occurred with his company. Finally, he answered, "No."

"And you would be right. There is no such thing, but don't tell Rei, it will hurt her feelings." When Jonathan collected his thoughts, he let into Darien's sound mind with full force. "Listen. I don't think that I am supposed to be here. I think that I am from another dimension. I don't have a logical explanation, but where I come from, you guys are in a cartoon called Sailor Moon. It is sort of like a children's cartoon, a type that people from my world call 'Anime'."

Darien stopped him and said, "We have anime here too, you know." And he was right. The only thing that he could think of, was the difference in the physical appearance.

"Yes, but in my world, the Japanese people all look relatively alike. There is no natural blue hair, no special powers that I know of, and definitely no Nega-verse. Although we do have something that vaguely resembles it. Now I know that this must be hard on you, but you have to believe me. I can pretty much answer all questions that you can think of, but it might take me some time to answer them. I was a middle schooler when I first started to watch your show." He finished and presented himself to the mercies of this dark haired warrior.

Hmmm, I have to think! What would he know if we really ARE cartoon characters? Oh stop it. You don't really believe him. So ask him something that only a few people would know. Then it hit him.

"What is Serena's Birthday."

Jonathan looked wide eyed for a moment. HAH! Good I got him!

To Darien's disappointment, Jonathan burst out laughing.

"That was the best you could come up with? That is got to be the easiest one yet! It's June 30th!"

If there was one thing that ever brought Darien down off of his high horse, it was that. He fell back against the seat and stared at this stranger who suddenly arrived and changed the face of his and his friend's lives. Oh no you don't! You can't give up! That was just a lucky, incredibly lucky guess. Ask him something about the Moon Kingdom. Yeah, that'll get him. With renewed vigor in his eyes, he posed the next question, "What happens in my future?" That ought to slow him down. Instead, Darien saw the flash of sadness flow across Jonathan's face briefly, before turning into pure concentration.

Well, at least I got him to think about it.

"You are supposed to marry Neo-queen Serenity, Serena's future self. There, you have Rini, your one and only daughter, and she will train to become one of the next generation of Sailor Scouts. But there are always going to be more and more battles until finally, there is nothingness. You have all died at least twice so far, and the first was the battle with Queen Beryl of the Nega-verse. That I am sure of. I know all about the trials and tribulations of the your past, and how it hurt to know that you could not remember anything after the accident. I also know, that you were in love with Serena from the first moment that she ran into you with that bad grade and you started to tease each other. It was too bad that you two didn't hook up earlier; it would have saved me a lot of anxiety."

Jonathan finally took a breath and looked up at Darien with a grin of accomplishment spread across his face. He had reason for it, too. Darien finally gave into the enormous amount of information that this one guy from another realm possessed.

"Well Jonathan, looks like we have a lot to think about." Darien finally spat out.

"Yeah. Oh, I also wanted to ask you a favor." This seemed to get Darien's attention again, and he looked at his new friend with understanding.

"Well, two things actually. First, when should we tell the girls, and second," a pause, "Could I stay at your place? I don't know if it is such a good idea to stay with that pretty thing for much longer. She was my biggest crush you know. I don't think that I could keep a secret from her for very long. Also, it might not look good for a girl her age to be seen with a guy in her apartment." Darien relaxed and decided that this guy was just a regular guy after all. Just like him.

He pondered for a moment, then suggested, "You're right about the telling. I think that we should wait. At least until my Christmas party. Oh, and I guess since you will be staying with me, you are invited to attend!"
Was that an attempt at humor? From Darien? Well, you learn something new every day.

"Oh, and one more thing?" Jonathan asked.

"Yeah?"

"I forgot my tools." Darien just laughed and they got up to retrieve Jonathan's weapons and tell Mina about the change in sleeping arrangements.