Rei took the steps to the Shrine three at a time. If her grandfather had called her out of school, there must be something very important happening. Yuchiiro was at the Temple entrance, waving. She ran past him and stopped dead.

The Sacred Fire was nearly out. Only a dim flicker remained. This was very important. She didn't even look at Yuchiiro.

"Out. Now. No one comes in here until I come out."

"But Rei-san…"

"No one, Yuuchiro. Or I will turn you into a worm and feed you to the ravens." She reached for the button on her skirt as if to unbutton it. Yuuchiro suddenly understood and fled, locking the door behind him.

Rei sighed and willed her transformation while stepping into the Fire. She'd have a headache later, but it was less flashy and time consuming than using her wand. She forgot all that as she entered the flame and the vision consumed her.

She saw a man standing at a fork in a path. He was tall with blue hair and a glowing blue gem in his hand. He wore strange armor and held a sword. His helm resembled a dragon's head.

As she watched he stepped forward and seemed to split in two. One of him went down each path, and she was dragged along.

On the left, she found him holding a woman's body. Around him lay the grotesque bodies of demons and Youma. He rose and strode forward into the darkness.

Rei saw him hunt down a man with a sword and a book. The man was slain. A woman with odd braids and a demon hunter's sword followed. Then came the Senshi. He became more brutal and violent as he slew each one of them. His power seemed to grow as he violated them and killed them. When only Saturn was left, he used his power to overwhelm her and together they destroyed the world.

Rei was pale and nauseous with shock at what she had seen. But the vision wasn't finished. She saw the man floating alone in the ruins of the world. He looked right at her and smiled. Rei shivered.

He held up his hand and she was suddenly pulled toward him until his hand closed on her throat. He was almost gentle. "You must stop this, Sailor Mars. You must find a way to stop me," he whispered.

Then he kissed her. It was a bruising, passionate kiss and she seemed to burn until the vision suddenly faded.

On the right she found him holding the same woman, but she was alive. She briefly noticed that there were no demons around him, just a single body. He rose, carrying the woman and walked into the rising sun. Two others joined him and then more and more people flocked to him. Rei noticed that the Senshi were among them.

She saw him organizing the people with him into a force for good. They faced and defeated an army of strange, fey creatures. The Senshi became his lieutenants; even Sailor Moon deferred to him.

He set up a government, but he refused to run it. Sailor Moon was elected ruler and she made him one of her advisors. Crystal Tokyo faded into the mists of time, but the city that replaced it was incredible.

She suddenly noticed that this blue haired man didn't seem to age. He was there through out all the time between the present and the founding of the future. And because of that he was around the Senshi a great deal.

She found herself in a bedroom. The blue haired man lay in the bed asleep. And very obviously naked. His companion was just as naked, her black hair spread out across them both. Rei had time to note the familiar lines of her own body. The pair woke and began to do the things people who are naked in bed normally do. As she watched, she found herself staring into a pair of blue eyes.

"Eternity can be very lonely, Rei-chan," he whispered, "even for those who have someone." He gestured with his free hand, and Rei noticed that the person in bed with him had changed.

The hair was blonde, and done in a very familiar style. But even as she gasped, the person changed again. And again and again, until the woman he had rescued in the beginning of the vision was in his arms.

"Love can be many things, Rei-chan," he told her softly. "Don't let your fantasy cover the real message of your vision." He smiled at her and placed his hand over her heart. "Remember."

She was unsure how long she remained in the trance. When she collapsed out of it, she had just enough strength to push the 'emergency' button on her communicator.

Rei woke to the warm feeling of Hotaru's healing. She sat up and pushed the younger girl away.

"Save your strength. We have a problem."

The others were all there, crowded into the Shrine. All the Senshi except…

"Where's Setsuna?"

"She disappeared," Michiru said softly. "We haven't heard back yet."

Rei shook her head. "This is too important to wait. If she's not here she must have a good reason."

"Oh she does," said a familiar, sultry voice. They all stared at the woman who entered the room. It was Setsuna, but it wasn't.

This Setsuna had a different attitude than the one that they knew. She was wearing a black silk gown that was reminiscent of Dark Lady. She smiled sensuously.

"Hello girls."

Strangely enough, Haruka and Michiru were the least affected by her sensuality. Hotaru was affected, but not the same way the Inners were. Saturn leaped to her feet and leveled the Silence Glaive at the new Pluto. Haruka and Michiru weren't far behind her.

"Who are you and what have you done to Setsuna?" Hotaru's voice was ice.

"Now, now, let's not be hasty," the new comer seemed unimpressed. "I am Setsuna, just not the one you know. She couldn't make it back so I had to come in her place. Now we should all listen to what Rei has to say. Then we can have a nice tension relieving orgy."

"WHAT?"

"Sorry," the new Setsuna didn't sound apologetic. "The timeline I come from is a bit different."

"Whatever," Rei waved off the difference. "She seems to be telling the truth and this can't wait. You want the good news or the bad news first?"

"Bad," Haruka said instantly. Most of the others nodded. Rei batted Setsuna's hands away from her breasts.

"I had two visions. One of destruction and one of salvation. In the one where everything is destroyed there is a blue haired man. The woman he loves is brutally murdered. He seems to blame us. Especially after the Ginsozhou prevents Usagi from marrying him. He seduces Saturn and they destroy the world."

There was a moment of silence.

"This man would have been about two meters tall, shoulder length blue hair, wide shoulders, narrow waist, with blue eyes and a blue gem in his hand?" Michiru didn't seem to think she was wrong. Rei nodded.

"That's him. How did you know? Did the Mirror tell you something?"

"We've met him," Haruka said. "Seems like a nice guy. Not the whole world dominating, megalomaniac type."

"Any one can turn evil if they are rejected enough," Setsuna said. She was trying to get her hands under Minako's skirt. Makoto was helping Minako fend her off.

"So we should avoid this guy?" Minako asked.

"No. He's in my other vision too."

Setsuna stopped assaulting Minako. "It is very important that you get Kintaro-kun to join you. He must be our ally or the future is in peril." She glanced at Ami and smiled. The others stared as Ami blushed. Setsuna shook her head. "Too easy."

"So what about your other vision?" Haruka asked.

Rei looked a bit embarrassed. "I saw him with two other girls. They were wearing strange armor and they stood with us against some great force. He rescued the woman he loves, but he seems to uhm…" She broke off with a full blush.

"Now you have to tell."

Rei sighed. "I saw him holding me, like he was about to uh, kiss me. But then it changed. It seemed like he held all of us for a moment, then suddenly he was holding the woman who died in the other vision."

"All of us?" Haruka seemed skeptical.

"Yes," Rei snapped. "Even you and Michiru and Hotaru." She paused. "Though Hotaru seemed older somehow."

Haruka smirked. "Was this all of us at once? Or each in succession?"

"It was a vision. It doesn't mean anything particularly romantic."

"In my timeline he's very virile and certainly capable of handling you all at once." Setsuna came up behind Haruka and grabbed her breasts. Haruka ignored her.

"Geeze Rei, lighten up. It was a joke." Haruka paused and glanced over her shoulder. "Can't you put any feeling into it? If all you can do is grab and squeeze, it's a wonder you've ever managed to seduce any one. I've met guys who can do better." Setsuna blinked and let go. She sat quietly in the corner for the rest of the meeting and pouted.

"So what do we do?" Michiru glanced around at the others.

Usagi suddenly spoke up for the first time. "We do what we always do. We'll fight evil if it appears. And we'll try to go about our lives as best we can. If the future ends in destruction, then it will end. I never really wanted this job, and I don't really feel like worrying about what might happen if I date the wrong guy. I just want to be a normal girl, with normal worries and a cute boyfriend. I'm tired of all these past lives determining whom I love and whom I marry. And I am really tired of having to live up to the future's expectations."

The others stared.

"I'm not giving up being Sailor Moon, but I'm not going to let it rule my life any more." She sighed and walked out.

"I knew letting her see 'Spider Man Two' was a bad idea," Haruka muttered.