Accepted everywhere as being completely insane...wait that's me...

I give you today's update! How kind it is of me to consistantly update, ne?

Elphie Muse: Yes. It's so kind that the readers should review.

Yes they should because even though this story is done, their reviews are helping me write the sequel. So please keep reviewing! Cookies to the reviewers!

Enough yammering though. On with the fic.

Elphie Muse: You're forgetting something again...

Oh yeah! What would I do without Elphie Muse?

Elphie Muse: Be lost and unable to write.

Probably true. Anywho, in this chapter I have a verse from the song Destined Couple from the Sailor Moon Musical. I'll let you know where it is like I did in yesterday's chapter.

Nope. Still not mine.

Last time in Eternal Senshi I: Rise of the Vampires...

"She's our friend! We owe it to her to at least try and save her!" Moon pleaded. "I know you love her. I could hear it in your voice. I see it in your eyes every time you look at her. How can you just want to kill her?"

"I don't!" Uranus cried, tears starting to well up in her eyes. "But I won't let her live like that! She deserves better!"

"There's one way to save her," Kaze said softly. Everyone turned and looked at him. "But it's a dangerous journey and it might not even be there," he said.

"Take me to it," Uranus said without hesitation. "Please."

He nodded. "We'll be back. Until then, be safe and stick together." He motioned for Uranus to follow him and they vanished into the night.

"How can we save Neptune? If the Silver Crystal can't heal her…" Uranus trailed off, defeat in her voice.

Kaze remained silent. He turned to Uranus and stared her in the eye. "Neptune is on the path to being saved. Your words reached her. Now you must prove your love for her," he said.

"How?" she asked.

"You'll understand when the time comes." He looked into her green eyes with his own. "I'm sorry," he said.

She frowned. "For what?" she asked.

"This," he said and swiftly knocked her out. "I'm sorry," he murmured again. He looked up as a figure rounded the corner.

"You!" Neptune snarled.

"Yes. Me," he said. A smile formed on his face. "Might I inquire as to why you are here Neptune?"

"I…I…" she fell silent, confused.

"You were drawn here," he answered.

"Don't lie," she snarled.

"I'm not. You and Sailor Uranus are destined to be together. And have been in your past lives. Your souls are bound," he said.

"Liar!" Neptune growled. She charged in and tried to punch him. Kaze blocked her punch and knocked her out as well. He lifted both women onto his shoulders and vanished from the alley.

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Haruka groaned as she came to, her head pounding slightly. She looked around and found herself in the temple she had met Rai in. "What's he doing?" she murmured. She looked around and saw Michiru lying on a bed next to her. Haruka shifted her gaze back to the room and noticed that they were actually in the temple on Uranus.

"Where am I?" Michiru asked groggily.

"Safe," Haruka replied, turning to the Sea Senshi.

"You!" Michiru exclaimed. She reached into her pocket and frowned. "What did you do with it?"

"What did I do with what?" Haruka asked, inching her hand towards her pocket where her henshin pen rested.

"My henshin pen! I know you took it!"

Haruka slipped her hand in her pocket and frowned. "I didn't take it because mine's missing too."

"Liar," she snarled.

"Michiru, you have to remember me," Haruka said. "I'm not your enemy. None of the Senshi are. You're one of us for crying out loud."

"Liar…" she said, but it sounded uncertain.

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"In the past, it was already too late to protect our princess, because this star was already invaded. 'We won't spare a life.' The first time I saw your eyes, we were joined forever in time." Haruka sighed. "Damn it… I finally realized the truth then. You sprinkled light into my blonde hair, if just for a moment. You are the goddess that freed me from solitude. Nothing but loneliness was there before..." Haruka wiped her eyes. "You saw through my loneliness. I was hypnotized by a burning premonition; Even fate trembled at our path," she said.

Michiru tried to suppress the tears that rose in her eyes but they fell. "Stop looking at me like that…" she whispered softly.

"This heart was healed by you alone. Now we face our greatest challenge. Michiru…nothing in this world can make me stop loving you. Nothing."

Michiru fell to her knees, the heels of her hands pressed against her eyes to block out images that appeared before her. She remembered awakening as a Senshi, she saw herself meeting Haruka and trying to prevent the blonde's destiny. She could see her and Haruka fighting in numerous battles to protect the Princess and other Inner Senshi. She saw scenes of Haruka's love for her and her love for the blonde tomboy. Everything came back to her.

"I'm a monster…" she whispered.

The Wind Senshi knelt down next to her lover and tilted her head up. "Not to me. Ashiteru yo Kaijin," she whispered. She leaned in and gently kissed Michiru. Michiru wanted to resist, but didn't. Instead, she sank into the blonde, her arms wrapped tightly around the tall, lithe girl. (Sea god/goddess)
A warm, white light surrounded the pair. It filled Michiru with warmth and she felt as though she had just been cleaned in the sea. After what seemed like an eternity, the pair opened their eyes and looked at each other.

Haruka's eyes widened. "M…Michiru…"

"Nani?" the aqua haired girl asked. Haruka gently turned Michiru so that she faced the sun. "I…I'm…human…but…how?"

"Does it matter? You're safe now. I'm so sorry I wasn't there to protect you," Haruka said.

"You could have been turned then too," Michiru said. They stood in each other arms for several moments before something clicked in Michiru's mind. "Ano…Haruka?"

"Hai?"

"Where are we?" Michiru asked.

"The place where I stayed for that month and a half I was gone from Tokyo," she said. "The old temple has a portal that leads to this temple on Uranus."

"You're kidding…" Michiru said softly.

"She's not," Rai said, walking in. He smiled proudly at the pair. "I see everything turned out okay."

"How did you know it would work?" Haruka asked.

"Honestly, I didn't. I told you there was a danger," he said at her incredulous look. "But I had faith in your love. It puts the love Princess Serenity and Prince Endymion to shame."

"All right Romeo, get us home," Haruka ordered.

"This is the thanks I get for helping? Sheesh. You're almost like an annoying sister…" he grumbled. Haruka fell silent. Michiru noticed and squeezed her partner's hand. "I just said something totally wrong, didn't I?" he asked.

"It's nothing," Haruka said dismissively.

"If you're upset about the sister crack I'm sorry," he said.

She nodded as they walked down the hall. "It's just…I had a brother but we lost him in a plane crash. He was my twin."

"That's rough," Rai said. "But at least you remember him. That's more than some people can say."

"Don't you have a family?" Michiru asked as they came out in the abandoned temple. They headed down the halls to where a car was parked.

"I don't know," he said. "Aside from my past from the Silver Millennium I can't remember a thing."

"Not even your parents?" the Sea Senshi asked.

"In this life no. And you know what my biological father was in the Silver Millennium," he said.

"Gomen Rai," Michiru said.

"It's cool," he said. They got into the car and headed back for Tokyo.

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"Michiru! You're back!" Usagi exclaimed happily.

The aqua haired girl smiled. "Hai. Arigatou Usagi…minna."

Usagi frowned. "For what?"

"Never giving up on me," she said.

"Where's Rai?" Makoto asked. "I thought he went with you Haruka."

"He was right behind us…" Haruka said slowly.

The ten Senshi, which included Seiya, looked around to try and find their missing friend. Something flipped down beside them and Usagi let out a terrified scream that even the neighborhood dogs could hear. The others turned and started laughing when they realized who rather than what had flipped down.

Rai grinned at Usagi. "I didn't even say boo," he said, his grin upside down as he hung from a branch by his knees.

"You're worse than Rei!" Usagi whined.

Rai frowned. "You guys don't even know me all that well…aside from Haruka I mean," he said. "So how do you know I'm worse than her? I feel as though I should be insulted," he added indignantly.

"Aren't you suppose to be some big, tough, half vampire warrior?" Seiya asked.

"Do you honestly want to see me serious all the time?" he inquired, a brow arched. "Besides, living life seriously isn't fun." His grin widened. "And you can't say it wasn't amusing to see Odango scared out of her wits."

"Why does everyone call me Odango?" Usagi demanded angrily.

"Because that's what your hair looks like," Rei retorted. Usagi glared angrily at Rei, her face in a pout.

The branch Rai was hanging off of suddenly broke and he crashed to the ground. "Rai!" Makoto exclaimed. She knelt down next to his still form.

"BOO!" he suddenly cried, causing Makoto to fall backwards. Rai sat up, a grin on his face. Makoto slowly sat up, a glare in her eyes as the others laughed. A panicked look came over Rai's face and he scrambled to his feet. Makoto began chasing him, berating him for scaring her.

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Ketsuki glared at the laughing Senshi from the shadows. They will all pay with their lives for killing my father, she vowed. Her eyes rested on Haruka and she smiled. She would make an excellent ally… Ketsuki turned and vanished from sight.

Dun duun duuuuunnn! The pudding is thickening nicely...

Elphie Muse: And so is the plot.

Readers be kind and review. The reviews are inspiring me to make nice long chapters for the sequel. Which itself is almost as long as this with no signs of coming to any sort of conclusion. So keep the reviews coming. You'll get plot pudding if you review...