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As Lita left, Serena felt a slight sense of loss. It as similar to the sensation that she had when she left Amy or Rei. Serena didn't know what this could mean, other than that the two were going to be great friends. She didn't really care that the school had something against the tall brunette. The rumors about her beating up people in her previous school could be true or false, but either way everyone makes mistakes. Serena could tell that the girl had a good soul and that she would be a great asset as a friend.

"A flower for your thoughts," whispered Darien. He had caught a blossom from the trees as it drifted from the branches. It was a small little pink blossom. It was the most that he could do, as it was forbidden to pick the flowers in the park.

Serena blinked as though to snap herself out of her internal revelations. She saw Darien holding the blossom out to her and felt a slight sense of deja-vu again. She knew that there had been no other time that Darien could have ever done this. "Oh Darien, how sweet. If I didn't know better I'd say that you were a romantic at heart." She noticed that the more she talked, the more it looked as though Darien were blushing. She knew she had something now. "Blushing are we? Hmm?" She asked as she poked him in the side.

"Cut it out Serena. I was just trying to be nice." Darien started to walk off, Serena knew she had to catch him. "Darien, stop! I'll be good."

Darien stopped and let her catch up. "Well, it's almost time for me to get going anyway." Serena knew that this was the truth. She had told the girls that she would be back in an hour. There was so much that they all had to talk about. "Why?"

Darien saw the pouty look that had covered Serena's face. For some reason, seeing that and knowing it was because they had to part, made him feel warm. There must be something more to this relationship than he was ready for, especially with meatball head. "Cause it's dark and some of us have homework. I'm pretty sure you said something about needing to be somewhere about an hour ago."

"An HOUR ago? It can't be that late!!" Serena was yelling at the top of her lungs. For some reason she reacted like this as though yelling would make time reverse and allow her to be on time. "I gotta go. I'll talk to you later." Serena yelled as she ran off towards the temple. Darien just shook his head, 'She's a strange one,' he thought as she ran off.

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"Where is that girl? I figured that Darien wouldn't even be there anymore, but here she's been gone for almost 2 and a half hours!" vented Luna. She really wanted to get this business with Rei and Mars finalized so that they could work from there, but Serena had to be late.

Amy looked up from her books and just shook her head at Luna. That cat was working her way into a fit. She might be the advisor from old, but she sure didn't understand the new Serena. The strange part was that Amy could remember Luna being like this in the past, but Serena was a blur. Amy knew she was there, but remembering her exactly was impossible. She could even remember Rei, or Rayella, but nothing about Serena. Very strange. "Luna, calm down cat. Serena is on her own time schedule. So her and Darien must have actually hit it off for once. That girl needs more happiness in her life. I think that you need to be somewhat understanding in that, okay?"

Luna was shocked to hear such a speech coming from Amy. The girl was usually so quiet. "She can have all the happiness she wants as soon as this problem with the negaverse is resolved."

Amy looked over at Rei who was also shaking her head. Rei understood Serena's need for normalcy. She may have only entered this mess, but she had lived out of the norm for a very long time. That was the pains associated with living in a temple and having a gift. And she did consider her ability to foresee the future as a gift, even though it could be a huge burden. "Lay off Luna." Rei said with finality.

"Hmm" was Luna's reply.

Suddenly the door slammed open, startling the occupants of the room. "I'm so so so so so so so sorry I'm late," exclaimed a panting Serena. She slammed the door shut and doubled over, trying to catch her breath. It was obvious that she had been running at high speed from whatever location she had been at.

"Serena, you need to be more responsible! I can't believe that you are so late. We said that you could have an…" started Luna, who was smothered by Rei. "No problem Serena, we were just hanging out."

Serena shot Rei a thankful look. She knew how long Luna could rant. It wasn't that the cat was trying to be mean or hurtful by anything that she was saying, but she had the capabilities of being just a bit overwhelming at times. It most likely came from the fact that she was trying to protect the girls to the best of her ability, and as she was a cat, that was pretty hard. Serena could sympathize, but there was a point that it just got to much. "So, where do we start?"

Amy decided that she better start, or Luna would rule the evening. "Well, we know that Rei has a pretty decent recollection of the Silver Millennium. I'll let her cover that. We are still missing 2 members of the "inner circle" or something like that. Also, I don't believe that we are really getting anywhere with the Negaverse. I think that we have them at a standstill, but we haven't taken down any of their leaders, simply the hired help so to speak. If we want to get anywhere we have to make sure to go after the leaders, and hopefully get to the head and stop this evil in it's tracks."

Serena looked at Amy with total respect. "That sure is a concise way of describing the situation. So, basically we need to find the other two that are supposed to be in our circle and go after the big bad people, like Jedite, and hopefully we'll still win this thing?"

"Basically"

"Alright. Rei, why don't you tell me some of what you remembered. Maybe it will jog some of my memories."

Rei wasn't sure she wanted to go through the pain of remembering again. It wasn't so bad until she started to think about the end, about the final battle that lead them to now. There was something big that she was forgetting or something, something she didn't want to remember. "I'll tell you some of what I know."

Serena could sense the unease in Rei. "How about this, we'll compromise. You tell me what you remember of Venus and Jupiter, and we'll leave the personal stuff for later. We won't even think about that last battle. I know that Amy was having a hard time remembering it too. I have a feeling that it holds some big key that we are all missing, but it's to traumatic to deal with right now."

Rei knew that Serena was sensitive, but this was just to much. How did she know that was the problem? Rei worked very hard for many years to be able to control her emotions, but after just a few weeks this girl was able to read her like a book. "That works for me. But should I remember something, I'll let you know. Right now I just can't deal with the final battle for some reason. I think that we are all going to have to be together." Rei paused. "Hey, how did you know that the final two were going to be Venus and Jupiter?" questioned Rei.

Amy and Luna looked startled at that question as well. They knew the identity of the two missing senshi because of the earlier conversation with Rei, but Serena had been gone by then. "Umm, I, I, I really don't know," stuttered Serena. "I guess it was just something I knew, kinda like being the leader. But I also know that I'm not the leader, I think that maybe Venus is. It's scratchy. It's like I get to close and it all shuts down." Serena sat down and put her head in her hands. She so wanted to be able to help with putting facts together, but she was having the hardest time remembering anything.

"Well," started Rei, "you are right. The two missing senshi are Venus and Jupiter. From what I can remember, there really wasn't a leader. Venus was in charge and very demanding, but everyone was responsible for something themselves. I think that it's because we were all princesses. I was princess of Mars, as Amy was princess of Mercury. I think you get the picture. The problem is that I really can't remember you Serena. There was no sailor Moon to the best of my knowledge." Rei's face was so sad at that statement. "I know that you want to know more about your past, but I just can't remember."

Serena walked over to Rei and put her arm around Rei's shoulders. "What's there to be sorry for? You have remembered the most so far, other than Luna who feels that we only need to know what we need to know and nothing more. That can get a bit frustrating," said Serena, flashing an amused look towards the cat who was getting ready to vocally defend herself. "We'll figure out more about me when the time is right. How about you tell me about Venus and Jupiter. Maybe they are people we know. I really want to get us all together again."

Rei felt such support and strength from the blonde sitting next to her. It was like nothing she had felt in this lifetime, but familiar just the same. Serena, whoever she was in the past life, was a very strong person with a very important purpose. "Well, I just remember that Venus was extremely caring, always wanting her friends to be happy and loved. She was very outgoing, finding a friend in everyone she met. Jupiter was kinda standoffish, if I remember correctly. She liked to be on her own, in the woods, practicing. She was very dedicated to everything that she did. She was also very protective of those around her. Should you be lucky enough to be her friend, you were set for life. She also had the unmanning ability to find evil as fast as I could."

Amy saw that this session was draining Rei. She also saw that Serena hasn't really recovered from anything she had done today, and was feeling the affects, while trying to listen to Rei. "Well girls, I think we need to call it a night. I sure have homework, and we've had a lot of revelations today. But before we go, I think we need a quick gossip session on Miss Serena and her date with a slightly older hottie named Darien."

Rei started to laugh at Amy, who had a sly look on her face. She wanted to know about the afternoon just as much as Amy. That boy sure was a hottie, even though he was very standoffish.

Serena blushed a deep crimson color. "ummm" stuttered Serena. "We went for a walk."

"I want details girl!" Rei said, starting to poke at the girl still sitting next to her. "Spill it!"

Serena batted at Rei's hands. "There isn't anything to spill. We went for a walk. I saw Lita. That's about it. Now leave me alone!!"

Amy and Luna started to laugh at the two who were beginning to wrestle on the seat. Serena was trying to protect her sides as Rei was poking and tickling her, as Serena was too ticklish for her own good. "You two are hilarious."

"Make her stop!" cried Serena. No matter what she tried to do, Rei was still there poking at her. It just wasn't fair.

"Rei, leave the poor girl alone. You know we won't get anything out of her that way. She'll tell us when she's ready."

"Fine!" huffed Rei. She was having fun torturing poor Serena. "Well you all better be off if you are going. Grandpa will be in shortly to check on me. I'll see you both tomorrow or soon."

As they were leaving, Amy remembered that they had not yet given Rei a communicator. "Hey Rei, this is a communicator. It's on a private frequency that even I can't crack. It must be some Lunarian technology that we were given along with the henshin sticks. Just push whatever button you need, the sign of the warrior is on there, or just push the main button for all call."

Rei grabbed the communicator. "My sign is here. When did you add it?"

"I didn't," answered Amy. As we find more people they just show up like they were there all along. I think they actually are, we just can't use them while the person is inactive."

"That makes sense. Well this will cut down on my phone time and worrying that someone else will pick up. I'll see you both soon." and with that Rei pushed them out of the temple.

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Somewhere in the dark

Jedite sat looking at the planet Earth. 'How could those girls be so powerful?' thought Jedite. The only people that powerful were the warriors for the moon. They only followed the rule of the queen, but she was dead. 'I'll get them yet, if it's the last thing I do.'

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