Falling Rose Petals
Princess Kay of Earth
Chapter 3: Memories of the Past and Present
Rated: PG
Date started: 1/9/04
Date finished 9/2/04.
Date edited: 11/15/05

Kayla sighed as she stepped out of the cab into the warm air. Destiny's mother, Helene, called last night to tell inform Destiny that her great-grandmother had passed away early yesterday morning. After talking to her mother, Des had booked the first flight home.

Kayla paid her fee and watched the cab drive off. She looked up at the rising moon. What was her life like back in the Silver Millennium? All she knew was she the last Senshi to court the Moon Princess' court before the Silver Millennium was destroyed and she was the first in command to the Earth Princess. She sighed again and walked inside the building, not noticing her blue aura following behind her.

Tuxedo Mask was looking over the city when he noticed a girl staring at the moon. He jumped into the nearby ally and looked at her. He noticed the blue aura around her and knew that she was the Senshi of the Earth. He quickly turned around and looked to the wall. The siring pain in his head pushed him down to the ground. The last thought that ran through his head was, 'Keira...'

Kayla lay in her bed thinking. That dream...the dream seemed to take place at a kingdom of some sort. She was always wearing her sailor suit, except when it appeared she was at a ball when she still wore her Sailor Earth tiara and still had her midnight blue highlights. Why was it that she was never out of her Sailor uniform? But everytime she had a dream from the past life, she was either dancing or talking to that guy...she sat up. That guy was always by her side. Why?

She looked out the window at the moon. Des...she didn't know what to do without her teammate. She had never fought a battle without Destiny. Could she win if she came face to face with a youma? She shook her head and laid down. She slowly closed her eyes and went into her dream world.

Kayla's POV

I look around me and see a beautiful garden. I look up and see the Earth. I turn back around to see a castle made of marble with fireworks going off behind it. It is so beautiful. As I stand in awe, I feel arms go around my waist. I lean back and wrap one arm around the person's neck, without noticing I did it.

" Hello Earth Angel. "

" Hello my prince. "

I turn around and look up at him, " Where are we? "

He smiled and whispers in my ear, " The Moon Kingdom...the place that we met. We are the only ones here. This is just an illusion. "

He grabs my hand and starts to walk toward a body of water that I am now recalling is called the Lake Serenitsts, " What is your name, my prince? "

He stops and starts to sit down. I follow his example. He looks at me and looks into my eyes as he says, " My beautiful Earth Angel, I am PrinceJakku of Io."

I stare into his eyes. I couldn't believe it. It is the guy Jade told me about. I leaned my head on his shoulder. He puts one arm around my shoulders and takes my hands in his left hand.

" Jakku, tell me about me...you...the Silver Millennium...us. Please?", I ask as I look up at him.

He looks down into my eyes and sighs, " Well, where do I begin? We met not long after you, Sailor Earth, were accepted into the Sailor Senshi. You were a sacred Senshi...only Queen Serenity, Princess Serenity, the other Sailor Senshi, and the King and Queen of Earth knew about you. You, my beautiful Senshi, were created to protect the Moon and Earth Princesses and Moon Kingdom in case of a crisis. You were joined up with other Senshi that no one knew of except for you and those who knew you. You hand chose them to be your Senshi and protect you and those you protect for all time. One of those Senshi was your best friend, Rin, the Princess of Aphrodite Terra on Venus. "

I stopped looking at the Earth and turned toward him. " Rin? Was that Sailor Faith's name in the Silver Millennium? "

He looked at me with a confused look, " Sailor Faith? Who is that, my love? I'm talking about your 2nd in command, Sailor Rain."

I turned around from him and stared at the lake. Destiny...wasn't my best friend in the Silver Millennium? I shake my head and ask another question.

" Ok...why did you start to seeing me if you were engaged to be married? "

He took my hands and helped me to stand, " How did you know about that? "

" Jade told me.", I said, looking into his brown eyes.

He smiled at me and put his arms around my waist to bring me closer into his embrace, " That's enough question's tonight, Earth Angel. I'll bring you here another night, my love. "

I turn and look at the Earth to see the Sun rising behind it. I turn back to him just as he caught my lips in a passionate kiss, "I love you..."

Normal POV

An alarm clock went off and Kayla shot up in bed. She looked over at her rose alarm clock and growled, " Damn him...it is only 6:00 in the morning! "

She could hear him laughing in her head and saying, 'Rise and shine, sunshine.'

She sighed as he continued to laugh in her head, " This is going to be a long day..."

Kayla walked with Serena and Molly to the Juuban tennis courts. Katie, Molly's friend from childhood, is a well known tennis champion in Juuban. She was playing in a charity match for the Children's Hospital. Molly had invited Serena and Kayla to come with her to watch her friend. They quickly noticed that many people had come watch the match for there was hardly a place to sit. Serena found a spot under a tree and they sat down.

Katie noticed Molly and waved to them. They waved back and watched. Katie was playing two of the tennis club's best members. As she slowly won her first match, a black limo pulled up to the tennis club entrance. Kayla turned her head as the driver got out and went to open the door for his rider. A guy ,who looked to be about his mid 20's, got out of the limo and walked over the gates of the tennis court. As he neared, Kayla's vision started to darken and she started to get dizzy. Nega-energy shot through the air and Kayla grabbed her head to stop the pain. She looked around. No one seemed to be effected but her. She looked toward the guy at the gates. He slowly turned his head toward her way. Kayla gasped. Someone from her past had found her and she was scared stiff...and his name was Nephrite.

Flashback Kayla's POV

I walked home from picking my little brother and sister from school. Zachary was seven years old and has black ebony hair and beautiful green eyes. Melony was six years old and has beautiful ebony hair and deep blue eyes. They ran a little ways infront of me as we walked the long drive way to our house. See, my father, Terry McGinnis, is the CEO of Wayne Enterprises and multi-millionaire. My godfather, Bruce Wayne, had left Daddy all of his things when he passed away when I was eight years old. The house I live in was Papa-Bruce's.

As I near the gate to the house, I stopped. Zack and Melony were already there, ready for me to open the gate. Warning bells went off in my head. Something or someone evil was in my house. I stepped back a step. The Senshi in me was ready to fight, having finished training two weeks ago, but I wasn't. I was scared stiff. The only fight I had fought in was when I received my powers as Sailor Earth.

A scream erupted thru the air and all three of us recognized our mother's, Dana, voice, "Mommy!", Zack and Melony screamed as they tried to open the gate. I quickly grabbed them as someone appeared infront of us... a youma. I wanted to transform, but I couldn't, not with my little siblings with me. The youma smiled and sent a power bolt toward us. I covered Zack and Melony's bodies with mine, only to hear my mother's voice, " Kay! Zack! Mel!"

I looked around. The youma had bought us into the house. I looked around trying to see how many youma there was. I only counted four, but the last one wasn't a youma. It is a general...one of the Shittenou Jade had told me about. Which one I didn't know. I also looked around for Daddy, but he wasn't there. I sighed. We have a chance. If Daddy wasn't home yet, he could save us. But how? He doesn't know what is going on. My head shot up. Destiny! Without anyone noticing, I pushed my watch's face. It was the way Jade had told me and Destiny to contact each other if there was any trouble.

The Shittenou turned around and for a second, I thought I knew him. In my mind, I saw this same guy picking me up and twirling me around and teaching me about the stars. He stared at me for a second before smiling, "Well...hello there. My name is Nephrite. Nice to finally meet the famous Senshi of Earth. "

I gasped. How did he know? I have never fought any youma! A light bulb went off. This was the guy Des said she had seen watching us one night when we were training. I narrowed my eyes. This guy was going down for putting my family thru this.

" Hello Nephrite. I can't say that I'm pleased to meet you. ", I said as I stood up and looked him the eyes.

" Kayla? How do you know this man? ", my mom asked in a terrified voice.

The Senshi in me answered without hesitation, " An old friend turned evil. Nephrite, why? Why betray me and the Earth Family? "

Nephrite's eyes went wide, but then narrowed, " Master Endymion was a fool. So was his little sister, Keira. Both fools. They betrayed us when they joined the Silver Alliance in secret. So don't start with me, Earth. I only came to get you. I'm not here for a fight but I will fight you if you want a fight. "

I stared at him. What was I talking about? The Senshi in me remembered things I did not and I desperately need to know those memories. A crash sounded as I looked up to see Sailor Faith roll on the floor only to stand up and place her staff under Nephrite's chin.

"Kayla? Are you and your family ok?", she asked, never looking away from Nephrite.

" Yea. I'm fine. "

"Hello Sailor Faith. Pleasure to meet you. I see Earth alerted you that I was here. ", Nephrite said as he smiled.

Faith never said anything, just stood there looking at him. Just as I was about to transform, another body came thru the window, only this person was wearing all black and looked like a bat. I rolled my eyes. ' He's late. ' Batman, local hero of Gotham City, looked around the room. He noticed me and my family and walked over to my mother. He untied her then looked toward Faith with a confused look. Nephrite did the same to him and broke the silence, " And you are?"

Batman looked at him and said nothing. I noticed something moving in the dark corner of the room. A youma looked at me then turned its attention to Batman. Using my Senshi training, I jumped over Batman and kicked the youma in the gut. The youma doubled over and fell to the floor in pain. I turned back toward to Faith and Nephrite, only to find that Nephrite now had Faith by the neck.

" You and me, Earth. No one else. Queen Beryl needs something and someone and only you can get it for us. ", he said as he tossed Faith to the side. I watched as my best friend hit her head on the table and didn't get up. I narrowed my eyes at him and walked past Batman to stand infront of everyone. I didn't care who knew I was Sailor Earth, I was going to protect my family and my friend. I took my Senshi pose as my necklace lit up.

" Earth Power! "

I remember my mother fainting, my brother and sister saying cool, and Batman saying something like, no way, while I transformed. I opened my eyes as my feet touched the floor and stared at Nephrite, " Then come get me, Nephrite. I'm all yours. "

He smiled and snapped his fingers. The youma formed a circle around me. I smiled and took out four silver roses. I spun around and sent the roses flying toward their hearts. They instantly turned to dust. I turned back toward Nephrite. But he wasn't there. Next thing I knew, I had a knife at my neck and Nephrite whispered in my ear, " Don't even think about it, Princess...I know who you really are and you are going to pay for what you and Master Endymion did to us, after Queen Beryl gets what she wants. "

I laughed, "Well...tell Queen Beryl that I am unable to make it. Because I'm fixing to get out of this hold and brake your nose. "

When he started to laugh, I grabbed the arm that held the knife at my neck and jabbed my elbow in his stomach. As he doubled over, I turned and punched him the nose, braking his nose. I jumped over to Faith and laid her head in my lap. I felt her pulse. She was ok...she'd have a major headache, but she'll be ok.

" Don't think that this is over, Earth. I'll be back and when I do, you'll die at Queen Beryl's feet by my hand. ", Nephrite said as he disappeared.

Faith slowly woke up and looked up at me, " Are you ok? "

I smiled, " I'm good. Thanks, Faith. "

I helped her to stand as she held her head. I looked around to notice that Batman was no longer there, but my dad had come home. Mom was crying into his shoulder and Zack and Melony were holding Mom's hands. Dad looked up at me and sighed. Mom turned around and looked at me.

I sighed, " Iguess you better sit down...this is going to take awhile."

End Flashback

Kayla's eyes narrowed. Nephrite had placed the people she loved in danger that day three years ago. Her parents never did trust her the same again after they found out that she had kept the secret of Sailor Earth from them. They still loved her, they just didn't trust her fully anymore.

She watched as Nephrite turned away from her and walked toward Katie. The match had ended some time ago. Kayla watched as Nephrite and Katie talked. She stood and grabbed her bag, " I had a great time today, Molly, Serena. But I need to get home. I'll see you girls tomorrow. " She bowed to them and ran toward her home, feeling Nephrite's eyes on her back the whole time.