"Moon Eternal! Make up!" he heard her shout through the closed doors.

A bright, pink light began to shine through the small windows of the building briefly before disappearing, the startling glow was enough to make Demande shield his head with his arms anticipating a large blast to go with it.

There was a silence after that and though he had never considered the possibility before, he had concluded that the petite woman he had passed by earlier must be a new enemy of theirs. However, he had no time to dwell on this, the silence was broken when he began to hear a loud bang coming from the other side of the building now.

He quickly ran to where all the commotion was coming from. Thankfully there was a single window large enough to where he was able to actually view what was going on inside and was even able to faintly hear voices. As he carefully peered into the window, he heard someone shout:

"Star Serious Laser!"

Without warning, another bright, white light flashed causing him to immediately duck underneath the window. He heard a woman shriek in pain before hitting the ground with a thud. If Usagi was in danger, he needed to do something quick even if it were to risk exposing his powers.

"Hold it right there!" he heard.

The reassurance of Usagi's voice, brought him to gaze back into the window where he was finally able to see everyone clearly. On one side of the room, he saw Sailor Mars raising a flaming arrow, pointing it at someone, standing beside Sailor Moon, the Queen's senshi form of the past. Though, her uniform was much different than the last time he saw her, as if she evolved into a different form that was adorned with a pair of wings on her back that looked like that of an angel. The sight of her like this was so breathtaking that it was hard to peel his eyes away to look at the two other figures that were opposite to them. On the floor in a weakened state, was someone that didn't look human, almost like one of the droids he and his clan would send to the Earth of the past but, with Saphir being the only one who could create them, he knew this was not the case. This person was not the one Mars was taking aim at, but the last and final figure that was in the room.

A tall woman who was dressed in a scantily clad, black outfit matching the color of the long pony tail that trailed down her back stood atop a flight of stairs looking down on them visibly displeased. Something about this woman seemed awfully familiar but, he couldn't quite place his finger on it.

If Sailor Moon and Mars had just arrived at that moment, then that meant this woman must have attacked the creature sitting on the floor so, he was confused as to who the enemy actually was in this situation since they seemed to actually be defending it.

He looked back to the other side and saw Sailor Mars mouth something to Sailor Moon, arrow still in hand, and when they both nodded to each other, she pulled out a large wand and pointed it at the creature. A light was then released from the head of the staff emitting all the colors of the spectrum. What he saw next was the most beautiful display of power he had ever witnessed, the wand twirling and rotating hypnotically by the young sailor soldier until she called out her attack, "Starlight Honeymoon Therapy Kiss!"

The creature was hit by the attack causing her to raise to her feet with her arms and legs spread out in anatomical position shouting her last words, "Beautiful!"

A gust of feathers surrounded her then fell and what remained of her now was not a creature, but, a normal woman. A jewel that was floating above her head appeared to merge with her before she collapsed to the ground. He was unaware that the Maboroshi no Ginzuishou had such capabilities but, he also realized that he had never even actually seen it in action before and never really knew the full extent of it's power.

It was so magnificent, so powerful, he was so awestruck that he kept playing the scene he just saw over and over in his head losing focus of the situation. He snapped of it and looked back inside the window to find that the room was empty now except for the former creature who was still lying on the floor. The sound of the door opening caused him to tense and press himself firmly against the brick wall so that he couldn't be seen. It was Sailor Moon and Sailor Mars walking out the back entrance of the music hall so that they couldn't be spotted by anyone, talking to each other. He decided to listen in on their conversation hoping to get an idea on what just occurred and who those people were.

"You heard her just now, didn't you? I don't think Sailor Star Fighter actually wants to fight us." He heard Sailor Moon tell Mars.

"Not exactly, all she said was that she hoped we weren't an enemy but, her attacking the Phages are definitely a problem for us since she could end up killing the human that's inside of them. You remember what Michiru said, that the Starlights invaded our solar system and that has always brought us trouble in the past." Mars responded.

"I know but, I still can't help in wanting to trust them. There's so much about all this that we don't know for either side and we still haven't even found those other two people that came to Earth. Haruka and Michiru said they've been here almost 3 months now, I wonder if they will appear to us soon." Sailor Moon said.

Upon hearing this, Demande froze in place. This was bad, she had to be referring to him and Saphir.

"I'm sure they'll reveal themselves to us soon. The question is: are they in an alliance with Sailor Iron Mouse, the Sailor Starlights, or working alone." Mars pondered.

Sailor Mars stopped walking then abruptly raised her arm blocking Sailor Moon from taking another step.

"What is it, what's wrong?" Sailor Moon asked her.

"I don't think our job's over yet, I'm sensing something evil coming from over there, it could be Sailor Iron Mouse." She pointed in the direction leading to Demande.

Demande immediately started to run to the other side of the building.

"Come on, if we don't hurry, she'll get away!" Sailor Mars shouted to Sailor Moon before running in the very same direction as him.

He rushed inside the building before they could see him, pushing the doors open so hard that they slammed intensely into the walls before they crept back shut, definitely making his presence known at that point. He panicked on what to do next. He knew that damned sailor senshi would be trouble and he was right, he had to find a way to escape this place without leaving a trail to him. He opened another door that led further inside into another section of the building but, unfortunately it seemed to be a dead end for him, having only a single closet to be his last option in hiding. He heard them enter the front door with their footsteps coming closer and closer to the room he was in so, he quickly went inside the closet to think of some kind of plan. With the short seconds counting down, he was left with his last resort. Though, he hadn't done this since he lived on Nemesis nor practiced it since his return, he had no other choice but to try and transport his way out of there. If he were to be caught it would be the end of everything as he knew it: the chance of a relationship with Usagi, his brother's trust in him and a chance at having a happy life on this planet. He closed his eyes and concentrated all of his powers within him, picturing a place of safety in his mind. Even though the footsteps were becoming louder, he knew that he had to keep a clear mind in order for this to work. He had done this a million times in the past but, without being at full strength with the dark crystal, it would take much more of an effort to accomplish this task that used to be so seemingly simple for him. He could hear them approaching the front of the closet now.

"Sailor Moon, brace yourself, I think she's inside here." Sailor Mars told her. Sailor Moon got out her scepter, preparing for an attack while Mars began to turn the doorknob to the closet.

It was the last sound he heard before he was met with a comforting silence. When he opened his eyes, he was in the living room of his apartment, alone. He couldn't believe it, he had actually gotten away.

Moments later his brother emerged from his bedroom giving him a questionable look.

"That's strange I didn't hear you come home." He said to him in a suspicious tone.

"I tried to enter quietly in case you were resting." Demande replied.

"Oh..thanks. It seems as though the sessions in growing the Jakokusuishou aren't straining my body as much anymore which I consider to be both good and bad. I'm starting to detect Rubeus's and Esmeraude's energies much more frequently now so it shouldn't be much longer before we'll be able to bring them into this time and into this world." Saphir told him.

"Ye-yeah? That's good news." So much had been happening lately that he had almost completely forgotten about Rubeus and Esmeraude and that made him feel terrible.

"So where did you want to go tonight? I was thinking the place we went last weekend, it seemed to be pleasantly quiet and relaxing unlike the first place we tried." Saphir asked.

"Oh. Saphir not tonight I'm just not feeling up to it." Demande said. He had wanted to be able to sit at home to sort through his thoughts and take in all this new information he had just learned.

"Nii-san come on, the time I get to spend with you nowadays is very minimal. Classes are starting to open up so I'll be starting school next week then we'll hardly even see each other after that. Once Rubeus and Esmeraude come to live with us, I don't even know if we'll have the opportunity to have this quality time anymore with just us. Please?" Saphir pleaded.

He was right, this is probably the most they've ever gotten to have time together, just the two of them. Not as a prince and one of his advisors but, just as brothers. He realized he had to take advantage of it while he could and spending the whole night thinking about this new development would only further stress him out anyway.

He smiled softly at him, "Alright brother, wherever you'd like."

They arrived at the place they had hung out at the weekend before just as Saphir had suggested. It was a bar that wasn't too upscale but, had a lounge area with plenty of seating. There seemed to be much more of a full house than there was last weekend but they didn't mind.

Both men placed their order to the bartender, Demande ordered his usual choice: red wine, while Saphir, who wasn't much of a drinker, ordered the house special that night which was a type a sake. As they sat on the bar stools waiting for their drinks, Demande told him some of the funny stories he had from his work that usually consisted of idiotic things his coworkers said or did.

As they exchanged laughs, the bartender gave them both what they ordered and left their tab open. Since it was starting to get noisy in the bar area, they made their way over to an open booth. Saphir starting university soon was exciting for both of them and Demande didn't want to spoil the good mood with letting him know about the new senshi he had encountered and the fact that their presence had been discovered.

After going through a few drinks each, Demande decided to try something more… spirited. He had such a high tolerance for liquor normally but it had lowered since coming to this planet, which was fine since he was beginning to feel a pleasant buzz and wanted to keep it going.

He placed his order to the server for a glass of whiskey on the rocks, Saphir ordered one mixed with water; neither of them had ever tried it before. When the server brought it to them the brothers were now in deep conversation recounting memories from their childhood years, before Demande inherited the throne. Even though they led a very structured life, they still had their few moments where they got to play, have embarrassing mishaps, living almost carefree. The moments were few and far in between, but it made them even more precious to hold onto.

He had to admit to himself that, having these nights actually enjoying the pleasures of life instead of the constant planning and disappointment of taking over Earth, made him almost glad that he had to renounce his position as Prince.

All of a sudden Demande began to take a more serious tone.

"Saphir, do you think Wiseman could still be out there somewhere?" Demande asked him.

Saphir shifted in his seat uncomfortably, tapping on the glass that contained his liquor.

"I think..rather I hope he was defeated and that bastard is long gone by now. But I guess it's also a possibility that he retreated when he underestimated the Maboroshi no Ginzuishou's power and could be somewhere out there. Why do you ask this all of a sudden?" he asked his older brother.

"No reason. I just think about it sometimes." Demande said. He had contemplated on if the new enemy could be working for him but, it was nothing he could bring up to Saphir.

Still sipping on their drinks, they were oblivious to the attention they were getting from the other females in the bar and didn't even notice when two walked up to their table. They both looked up at the girls at the same time surprised and unaware at how long they had been standing there for.

"Excuse us but, my friends and I were wondering if you'd like to come join us at our table." The first girl said, motioning to another section of the lounge area where two other girls were sitting. They all seemed to be around him and his brother's age dressed in short skirts and dresses that would make even Esmeraude blush. The one who asked them was obviously eyeing Demande.

Demande politely replied, "Thanks, but we'll probably be leaving here soon."

The girl then pouted and put her arms on their table leaning into it, purposely exposing her cleavage out of her low-cut top she was wearing. "Awe come on, just have one drink with us before you both leave."

Her friend that came over with her now started to lean against the booth Saphir was sitting in then spoke to him, "We noticed you both here last week as well, do you guys come here often?"

Saphir nervously replied, "Not really, this is only our second time here."

The first girl spoke again, "What are you guys drinking? Normally we're used to getting drinks bought FOR us but we'll make an exception with you if it'll convince you to come over since attractive men like you are rare to come by in this town. How does that sound?" the girl further leaned into Demande's personal space.

As a man, his eyes couldn't help but look at her large chest hardly being contained by her top with her long, black hair flowing over it. However, rather than feeling aroused, all it did was make him feel very uncomfortable so, he turned instead to look up at her face where she was staring into his eyes with hers that had a hunger to them making him feel even more uncomfortable. He once again declined her offer.

The other girl who was clearly interested in Saphir began to make her attempt with him hoping they'd change their minds. She too had black hair, but instead of wearing it long and straight, it was curled and fell just below her shoulders. She was dressed a little more conservatively than her friend, which wasn't saying much.

"What about you? I can get you another glass of what you're having or maybe a shot of something? Your choice of course." she asked him with a flirty smile.

He didn't know what to say, him and his brother have never had to deal with this before. Women on their planet would never dare to approach them like this and even Esmeraude wasn't so blatantly aggressive with her affections for his brother.

"Come on, don't tell me you guys have girlfriends?" She pried further.

Saphir looked at Demande first then looked back to her, "Yes..we do.." he thought it silly to lie but he knew that these girls were going to be very persistent with them and not take no for an answer.

She then folded her arms looking visibly disappointed to her friend, "I figured as much. Those must be some very lucky girls."

The girl that was flirting with Demande took her arms off the table and took a napkin from it jotting something down on it.

She sighed, "Well it was worth a shot. If you guys ever want to hang out sometime here's both our numbers. I'm Natsumi and this is my friend Yukiko. If you ever get bored with your women, just give us a call and we can show you a good time." She then stuffed it into Demande's jacket pocket.

She smiled at him then motioned for her friend to go with her back to their table. The other girl, Yukiko, smiled at Saphir and gave a small wave to him then Demande, "You guys have a good night." They almost seemed to have an innocence of school girls now.

After they returned to their table, both men just sat there without saying anything to each other, almost appearing defeated. While most guys would have been thrilled to garner the attention of such attractive women, they didn't feel as such.

As much as Saphir wanted Demande to look at other women to get her off his mind, he never did and he couldn't blame him because he of all people could understand exactly what he felt. Two years have gone by on planet Earth since they came here the first time, possibly hundreds of years had passed on Nemesis after their deaths, but for them, they hadn't had the time for their feelings to go away. For them, they still felt the same way as they did in their final days if not stronger now. When he told those women that they had girlfriends already, it was only a reminder that they couldn't have the women they truly wanted to fill that title.

The way Demande felt for the Queen, Saphir did for Petz who he couldn't even allow himself see. Sure, after they fulfill their plans to bring Rubeus and Esmeraude back and destroy the black crystal, he would then be able to contact her if he wished but, the fear of her forgetting about him or possibly having moved on prevented him from taking that chance. He thought about her every day since they came here as hard as he tried not to; he couldn't help it, he was in love and the biggest regret he had was not realizing it sooner. Demande didn't know this but, Saphir sometimes would go to the apartment building that she lived at and just gazed at it far enough away to where she would never be able to see him. He didn't even know if she was still living there or not but, it was a comfort to even just pretend he was that close to her. He hoped someday he could see her again just to know that she's doing well and that she's happy.

"How about we close our tab and call it a night?" Demande said to Saphir.

"Yeah, I'm pretty tired now." He replied.

"Me too."

They got up from their seats and walked out of the bar oblivious to the two "WANTED" signs attached to the bulletin board that had composite sketches made of them:"WANTED FOR MURDER: Information leading to capture will be rewarded: 5,000,000 yen." Had it even remotely resembled them, they may not have brushed past it the way they did but, the only things on their minds at that moment was go home.

Monday:

Demande finished opening up the library earlier than usual, before the first bell even rang, so he decided to open up the doors, hang out in the doorway and watch the students walk inside the school to pass by the time. He knew that he most likely wouldn't run into Usagi until after school for he had become aware by now that she wasn't punctual in the least bit. In fact, she had many qualities that he didn't anticipate on her having but, it made her all the more…interesting. He had spent the day before working on growing the black crystal and it felt like it carried over to the next day with him. Every time after working a full day on it, he would always have the most restless night trying to sleep. He felt his personality shift when he spent that much time on it. He felt darker, his thoughts were darker and he desperately needed her light to counteract that darkness.

Coincidentally, just as he was thinking about her, she happened to walk through the front entrance. He checked his watch to see if maybe he was the one who was unaware of the time, but it was still almost half an hour away until the warning bell would ring. What a rare occurrence this was and what was even more rare, was that she was alone, without any of her senshi surrounding her or that damn Seiya. She happened to notice him looking at her and smiled back before going up to him.

"Good morning Satoshi-sensei." She said to him.

"Good morning" he replied to her. "Miss Tsukino-san you don't have to call me sensei, it's not like I'm your teacher or anything."

She laughed her high pitch laugh, "I guess that's true."

"I missed you on Saturday, it was quiet dull without you, but I know it was the beginning of the weekend and you probably wanted to get home." He wondered what excuse she would say.

"I'm sorry, I found out that I failed my exam for math so I had to have a study group at my friend, Rei's, for it." That was half true. "That's why I came early today, so I could have the chance to review some of the problems beforehand. I guess I better go do that while I still have time, I'll see you after school!" she started to walk away.

He called out to her, "Wait a second, anything I can help you with?"

She pulled out of the material from her book bag and handed it to him.

"If you'd like, I could show you some shortcut methods to some of these problems?" he asked hoping she would say yes.

"Alright, but, I'm still kind of confused on some of these equations so I hope I won't frustrate you as much as I did my friends." She laughed nervously.

"Nonsense, come inside." He walked in the library still carrying her math book.

He put her stuff at one of the tables and pulled out a chair for her. She sat down in it slightly blushing at the gesture and he sat in the chair next to her. In the next 20 minutes he did the best he could in tutoring her which he had never done before, but it wasn't too hard since the material was so simple for him. Saphir was right, these people really were behind in mathematics. The stuff she was learning in high school, he had learned before he was even a teenager, but this was 1,000 years in the past so it wasn't too farfetched.

"Wow I already understand it so much better than when Ami-chan tried to teach me, I really feel confident I can actually pass this!" she gleamed.

"That's good, I'm glad. How about you try doing these practice problems in the book since the bell's about to ring then I think you'll be ready to take it without much difficulty." He handed her the math book.

She nodded back at him with a big smile then started writing down the problems on scratch paper.

As she was fully concentrated on her work, Demande took this opportunity to just enjoy being in her presence, studying her profile and admiring it. He couldn't help but have a dreamy look read on his face as he now felt completely at ease.

Unbeknownst to him, Seiya and the rest of the Three Lights entered the school building making their way to the classroom while there weren't too many students roaming the halls yet. As they passed by the Library, with it's doors still open, Seiya happened to glance inside and noticed Usagi and the librarian sitting at one of the tables. He slowed his step a bit to get a closer look. She was working on school work, most likely the make-up exam that he himself had to take as well but then he looked over at him, and he was wearing an expression that disturbed him deeply. How close he was sitting next to her and the way he was looking at her gave him an uneasy feeling, a bad feeling. He had known since the moment that he laid eyes on him that day in front of the school, that something wasn't right about him. Seiya had tried his best to keep Usagi at a distance from him even though he didn't have a legitimate reason to but, this was all the proof he needed that this guy was bad news and at the very least he had to at least try and warn her.

"You worry too much for that girl, Seiya, don't forget why we're here." Yaten said noticing that his friend had fallen behind him and Taiki. He allowed Seiya to have his fun while they were on Earth but, this girl was starting to become a distraction to him and if she began to get in the way of their objective then he would have to intervene.

"Yeah, yeah…" he replied, not wanting to take his eyes off of those two as if something bad would happen to her once he looked away.

The first bell finally rang giving them only 10 minutes until the tardy bell would sound off so she would have to leave for homeroom soon anyway. He ran to catch up with Yaten and Taiki before they would be bombarded by their many fans. He would have a talk with her sometime today about it and he hoped it wouldn't put a dent in their friendship, she was stubborn like that.

Upon hearing the bell ring, Usagi glumly said, "I guess I better head to class now."

Demande was looking over the last of the problems she had attempted to solve and surprisingly, she had gotten most of them right. He handed the paper back to her.

"I think you'll do just fine on your test Miss Tsukino, if you decide to come down here after school, let me know how it went." He assured her.

"I will, thank you so much for helping me out." She gathered up her things and gave him a smile. "See you later." She waved at him before walking out of the library.

He waved back at her with a satisfied, smug look on his face.

Later that Day:

"An 83?!" Minako yelped in disbelief.

"Mhm" Usagi nodded feeling proud of herself.

"I don't get it, we went to the same study session, how did you get almost 10 whole points higher than me?" Minako hung her head in shame.

"It doesn't matter, the point is, you passed and now we don't have repeat a grade!" Usagi patted her on the back.

"That's true.." she said feeling slightly better.

Seiya walked over to them, "How did you ladies do?"

They each presented their grade to him.

"Very nice. I passed too in case you were wondering." He then held up his make-up exam with his marks displayed on the page in big, red numbers.

"EHHH 98?!" both Usagi and Minako yelled in synchronization.

Seiya was amused with their reactions, it was better than he had expected.

"I had some down time in the studio and did some extra studying since Akane-san is recovering right now and didn't hold rehearsals yesterday." He said with a large grin on his face.

Minako looked at the clock that hung inside their homeroom, "Oh crap, I'm going to be late for volleyball, I'll see you guys later, bye!" she left the classroom leaving Usagi and Seiya alone.

"Well I'm going to head to the library now." She took her copy of Romeo & Juliet out of her book bag. "See you tomorrow Seiya!" she started to head out the door quickly so that she could avoid those group of girls that always glared at her.

"Wait! Usagi, can I talk to you about something?" He gently grabbed her arm.

"Yeah, what is it?" she asked.

"I saw you earlier this morning with the librarian." He told her wearing a serious expression on his face.

"Yeah, Satoshi-san helped me prep for the makeup exam." She replied, confused as to where he was going with this.

"I know, it's just don't you think that the way he acts with you is a little…unprofessional?" he questioned.

"How is an employee of this school helping a student with school work anything other than being professional?" she asked, getting slightly irritated at his assumption.

"It's not that, it's just the way he acts around you. From what I heard, he hardly even acknowledges the other students, if he doesn't have to, yet, he goes out of his way to talk to you, sit with you, help you with your schoolwork. Don't you find that a little bit suspicious?"

"Seiya, you're over thinking things, so you heard from a couple of people, at the most, that he wasn't particularly social with them and now all of a sudden he's too social with me? It's because of him that I was able to do so well on this exam, so if you're suggesting that I should stop going down there then you're have to going to give me a better reason than that."

Usagi at this point was at her limit on how much she could hear him bash Satoshi-san after he's been nice in helping her out. She started to walk out of the room without saying anything to him but he grabbed her arm once again.

"I just want you to listen to this one last thing, I have to say before you leave, please?" He couldn't tell her about the negative energy he had sensed from him that day, she would think he was crazy or just making things up but he had to come up with something to keep her safe from him.

Usagi let out a sigh, looked back at him and just stood there giving him her undivided attention to what he was about to say.

"I won't tell you to not see him anymore, I just want you to be extra cautious when you're around him, that's all. As I had mentioned earlier, I saw you two together in the library this morning but, the way he was acting towards you just didn't sit right with me, especially the peculiar way he stared at you every time you turned away from him."

She wrinkled her brow in confusion, "Stared at me? You mean looking over the school work I was doing."

"No that wasn't at all what it was. I don't know how to explain it. His expression would completely change whenever you weren't looking, he would look at you like…like…" he had trouble finding the word for it.

"Like?" she said impatiently, trying to get him to spit it out.

"Like…that of a man in love."

Hope you all enjoyed this chapter! With my new job it's hard for me to write for this story as often as I'd like but I definitely want to keep it going because I still have certain things planned for it that I want to see come to life. Thanks again for everyone who has followed, favorited or even read it for two seconds before clicking over to something else. Stay tuned for the next chapter!