Wow! Thanks for all the reviews!I'll go into more detail on the womaneventually, but not just yet.I decided to divide this section in two parts because I wanted to be sure that, again, my "facts" are straight. I think the next part of this chapter will need the most help in that department, though. Well, here it is. Hope you like it!

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Ten people, nine girls in sailor suits and a man in a black tuxedo, were rushing toward the Elemental Scouts. When they reached the spot they split up and surveyed the area quickly. When they regrouped a woman in a chiefly black costume holding a big key took the top off of said key. A red globe in the middle pulsated with light then went dark. "Nothing. There's no danger here," she said.

"You mean it just…went away?" asked a brunette in green.

"Not likely." A blue haired girl in a suit that matched pulled out a pocket computer. "It must have been disturbed…"

Earth was ecstatic as a kid in the candy shop. Of course, she knew who they all were. The one with the key was Sailor Pluto, the brunette was Jupiter, the computer whiz was Mercury, etc. Earth's friends, however, didn't know anything about Sailor Moon and were getting mad about being ignored.

Sailor Fire cleared her throat loudly. "Hey, if you mean that monster, Talorius or whatever, she's dust."

The other Sailor Scouts whirled around to face Earth, Fire, Wind, and Water.

"Who're you?" asked Sailor Moon.

Sailor Wind took a step forward. "We're--Hey, chill out!"

"You'll have to go through me to get to any of them!" Sailor Uranus stepped in front of Sailor Moon. She pulled out her Space Sword and it lengthened considerably.

"Uh, hate to be the party wrecker again," said Sailor Water, "but forget them for the second. I think our leader's cracked."

Earth was laughing like a crazy person. When she finally stopped she took a deep breath to calm down. "Sorry, guys. It's just that Uranus did just about this same thing to the Sailor Starlights when they tried to help."

"Oh, yeah! I remember that one," said Wind.

"You do?" asked Earth. Wind nodded. Earth had assumed she was the only one who read manga.

"How do you know about that?" Uranus asked. She seemed surprised.

"Well the whole Sailor Galaxia story has probably spread across the entire galaxy by now," Sailor Earth replied. Uranus nodded knowingly, but Earth felt that the real explanation was needed. "But as for me…" she began. She felt her face getting hot. "I'm just a manga buff."

"Manga?" said Sailor Fire. "You mean those comics you're reading all the time are about…them?" Earth nodded. "Great. I'm living a comic book story."

"Hey, don't diss it if you've never tried it," said Sailor Wind. "The Sailor Moon stuff isn't bad. You're just jealous because Earth and I know more about this than you do!"

"Me? Jealous? Ha!" countered Fire.

"Oh, yes you are!" said Wind triumphantly.

Water put her hand to her forehead and sighed. "Do you mind?"

"Huh?" Wind said. "Oh. Sorry about that."

"Did you say something about Earth?" asked Tuxedo Mask.

Sailor Earth looked at Tuxedo Mask. If he meant what she thought he did, he had a good point. How could she be Sailor Earth? She would have had to be of the royal family of Earth in a past life. Which would make her…No way.

Gaea stepped forward. "Where are Luna and Artemis?" she asked.

Luna and Artemis came out from behind Sailor Moon. "Right here," they said.

"Gaea, is that you?" Luna said incredulously. "I haven't seen you since…"

"The Silver Millennium." Gaea went to her fellow cats. "Yes, it's me."

"And them?" asked Artemis.

"Uh, huh."

"But they--" Luna blinked at the Elemental Senshi. "How are they alive?"

"I know," said Gaea. "But--eh, bah. Let's go to wherever it is you meet. I'll tell you everything I can."

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At the Hikawa Shrine everyone untransformed and introductions were made. Then they sat down and got to business.

"Okay, Gaea," said Luna. "You have the floor."

Gaea frowned. "Well, I'm going to have to go a long way back to explain things properly. You remember when Beryl attacked, of course. The Elemental Scouts were out on patrol at the time. Well, as soon as a sign of Beryl's portal from the Negaverse was detected, they went into action. They combined their powers to put a barrier around it. That's why Queen Serenity had any time at all to summon the other Sailor Scouts.

"By some fluke, the Scouts didn't get the portal at the center of their barrier. It opened up right under Sailor Earth, and she was sucked in. That was when I lost contact with them. The rest of what I'll tell you I heard from…someone else.

"Anyway, the other three were blasted off with such a force that they were sent forward in time and reborn while Sailor Earth got sucked into the Negaverse. I'm guessing she was completely drained from putting up the barrier because I don't think there's any other way she would have been captured. But, whatever happened, she was captured by Beryl after she and her minions came back.

"I don't know how long she was there but eventually Prince Phoebus--"

"Hold up!" interrupted Artemis. "Prince Phoebus is alive too? I didn't think anyone survived the Negaverse's massacre of Delos…"

"Don't ask me how, but he did," said Gaea tersely. "Like I was saying, Phoebus eventually discovered where Sailor Earth was. Again, I don't know how, but he got her away from Beryl and took her back to Earth. Then he sent himself and Sailor Earth into the future to be born around when Fire, Wind, and Water would be. That happened to be around when all of you were born, but apparently everyone's bearings got thrown off because they wound up across the ocean from the rest of us!"

"What do you mean, 'The rest of us'?" asked Luna.

"In case you don't remember, I recall quite well having been at Scout headquarters on the Moon when the Negaverse attacked," replied Gaea. "Oh, when that communications device turned to static…" The cat was blinking back tears. "No matter, everyone's safe now and the future looks even brighter than the past. Terri, what is your problem?"

During all of Gaea's explanation Terri had felt a change coming over herself. By the end of it the feeling mounted up until she couldn't bear it anymore. She broke out in a cold sweat and balled her fists. The room was distorted and spinning, so Terri shut her eyes. When she opened them again, she couldn't see anything.

Everyone else saw something, however. Terri's eyes were glowing again, and the transformation pendant she wore pulsated violently. A green Earth symbol appeared in the center of Terri's forehead. Her eyes closed again, and she fell backward in a faint.