AN: Gahhh, you guys, I am so sorry. I don't know how it's been more than a month since I last updated. SORRY. Anyways, here is chapter 6, and chapter 7 should be a faster update.

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Now, without further ado, chapter 6!


"Artemis and I spent all last night exhausting our sources for information about the Black Moon Clan," Luna was saying at a Senshi meeting a few days later. "But there's nothing there, aside from what we already know. It's as if they don't exist."

Usagi sighed, leaning back on her elbows. "So, what are we supposed to do? We don't even know what they want. We think they maybe want Chibiusa, but we don't know why, and we're not even sure if they do. The youma might have attacked her the other day simply because she was there."

"This is all so frustrating," Rei complained. "How are we supposed to fight them if we know nothing about them?"

"Trial and error?" Makoto suggested. "Yeah, I know, not helpful."

"Statistically speaking, the fact that both Chibiusa and the Black Moon Clan are from the 30th century, and the fact that they showed up here right at the same time, suggests that they are connected," Ami said. "It seems likely that the Black Moon Clan is indeed targeting Chibiusa."

"Okay, let's say they are," Usagi said. "Then what? Why do they want her? She's a six-year-old kid, for crying out loud! And what happened in the future, which caused her to come back to now? How was her mother hurt? Who even is her mother?"

"This is giving me a headache," Makoto complained. "Minako, what do you think?"

The blonde Senshi had been quiet the whole time, her legs tucked up under herself, as she stared off into space.

"Minako?" Makoto repeated, when she didn't respond.

"Oh, sorry!" Minako said, snapping to attention. "I wish I had something to offer, but I'm as lost as you are… I suppose the only thing we can do is try and talk to Chibiusa, see if she can tell us what's going on."

"Is everything okay?" Makoto asked. "You seem… distant. I'm used to Usagi-chan zoning out all the time, but it's unlike you."

Usagi rolled her eyes at the comment, but didn't say anything. She was also curious as to what Minako had to say, for now that Makoto had mentioned it, there was something a bit off with her…

"I'm fine," Minako said with a smile. "Really, it's nothing. It's just…"

"It's just…?" Rei prompted.

"Never mind," she said, shaking her head. "I just… have any of you been having weird dreams lately?"

"Weird dreams?" Makoto repeated. "No, I can't say that I have…" The other girls shook their heads as well.

"Just forget it," Minako said quickly. "It's nothing. I'm sorry, I shouldn't have zoned out like that."

"Well, moving on…" Usagi said hesitantly. "I'll try to talk to Chibiusa, but every time I bring up the subject of her mother, or the 30th century, she freezes up."

"Where is Chibiusa?" Ami asked. "Did you find a way to convince your parents to let her stay?"

"She's at my house," Usagi said. "Which reminds me… I kind of told my mom I'm Sailor Moon."

"Usagi!" Luna chided. "You know how dangerous that is. Family members have to be kept in the dark for a reason."

"I know, I know," she said. "But I didn't really have a choice. Right before the battle with Queen Beryl… she caught me sneaking out of the house, and I guess she got tired of my excuses for all the times I'd disappear at all hours of the night, and she confronted me about it."

Everyone looked at her expectantly, and she bit her lip nervously before continuing. "You have to understand, I thought I was going to die. I was so sure of it— I had just been told that the only way to defeat Queen Beryl was to use the full power of the Silver Crystal, and that doing so would kill me. So… I told her."

"But why would this only come up now?" Luna said. "When you lost your memories following the battle, I thought you said she didn't remember anything."

"She didn't at first," Usagi said. "But… I think it slowly started coming back to her, she just didn't want to remember. She didn't believe me when I first told her. She… she told me to never come back if I left the house.

"But then the other day, she found a bloodied shirt of mine, and confronted me about it. I knew I couldn't lie to her, especially not since she kind of already knew. So, I told her. Again. This time, I think she believed me, but she still hasn't talked to me much."

"I'm sorry, Usagi," Luna said. "I suppose I never stopped to think about how hard this must be on all you girls, having to keep secrets from your family."

Usagi shrugged. "It is what it is. I think she'll come around eventually; it will just… take some time. But my family's accepted Chibiusa nicely, so I don't have to worry about that anymore…" she trailed off, sighing, blowing her bangs out of her face. "What a crazy week this has been."

"Indeed," Rei said.

"I don't think there's much else for us to discuss," Luna said. "Usagi, see if you can get anything out of Chibiusa. We all need to be extremely vigilant, and see what we can discover about the Black Moon Clan. The more we know, the more we can keep this city safe."

The girls nodded in agreement, and the meeting disbanded, everyone going their separate ways.


Minako wandered through the shopping distract, absentmindedly looking at the various displays in the windows. What had gotten into her? Makoto was right; it wasn't like her to zone out in the Senshi meetings. She was the second-in-command, the leader when it came to protecting the Princess. The Senshi needed her to be alert and focused, she couldn't let these dreams throw her for a loop.

And yet… there was something about them. She felt such… yearning. Such a strong desire to be with this man, whoever he was. The mysterious white-haired man was all she dreamed about now.

Who was he? Why did he seem so… familiar to her? And were they even dreams, or were they something… more? Memories, perhaps? It's why she'd wanted to know if any of the other Senshi had been having odd dreams.

The details of her past life were still fuzzy. She knew that she was a princess of Venus, the leader of the Senshi, and sworn to protect Princess Serenity of the Moon Kingdom at any cost. She knew that the Prince and Princess had a tumultuous, star-crossed romance, that fate was against them, that they had both died, and they had been reincarnated to be together again.

She knew that the Moon Kingdom had been destroyed, that Queen Beryl and the Dark Kingdom had nearly won, and that Queen Serenity had used the full power of the Silver Crystal to send everyone to the future.

But… what of her? Was there someone she had loved in the past? Was this white-haired man someone from her past? And if he was, why was she only dreaming of him now? The seal on everyone's memories had broken when Sailor Moon was revealed as Princess Serenity, which had been quite some time ago.

Minako sighed, and shook her head. She needed to pull herself together. There was a new enemy they knew next to nothing about and a mysterious girl from the 30th century to worry about. And, much as she tried to hide it behind a façade of strength, Minako knew Usagi was still reeling from her break up with Mamoru.

There were so many things that required her attention; there was no time to worry about what her dreams might mean.


The sun was just starting to set as Usagi walked back to her house from the command center underneath the Arcade. Sighing, she tipped her head back to look at the sky. Why did everything in her life have to be falling to pieces now? Dealing with the Black Moon Clan, the new Senshi and the mystery surrounding Chibiusa was hard enough, but now her mother knew that she was Sailor Moon, and she just really wished she could talk to Mamoru about it.

There had been a time when he was her rock, when she could rely on him for anything. Her life had entered completely unfamiliar territory, and as much as her friends tried to be there for her, it wasn't the same.

A scream pierced the air, startling Usagi out of her thoughts. She never thought she'd be glad for a youma attack, but right now, anything to keep her mind off of Mamoru was a good thing.

"Moon Prism Power, Make Up!"

A moment later, Sailor Moon ran down the street, ready to face the youma. She could see it up ahead, attacking nearby civilians. It was humanoid, female in appearance, with spiked wings and what looked like a giant wasp stinger hanging as a tail.

"Hey!" she called out, and the youma turned to look at her. "I am Sailor Moon, champion of love and justice. I will not let you terrorize this city!"

The youma turned its attention towards her. It hissed, twitched its tail, and a barrage of stingers flew towards her.

"I really hate wasps," she muttered to herself as she dropped to the ground to avoid the stingers. She was in the process of pulling out her communicator to call the other Senshi, when a wave of water slammed into the youma.

"Are you alright?" the new blonde Senshi, Sailor Uranus, held out a hand.

"Fine," she said testily, ignoring the outstretched hand as she got to her feet and brushed the dirt from herself.

Sailor Uranus quirked an eyebrow at her brusqueness, but didn't say anything else. Instead, she turned her attention to the youma. "World Shaking!"

A ball of light erupted from her fingers and hit the youma dead on, where it screamed. As with before, Sailor Moon was impressed by her sheer power. Both of these new Senshi seemed very strong and capable, but she wouldn't let their power sway her. They had given her no indication that she could trust them or rely on them.

Summoning up her reserves of power, she pulled out the Moon Scepter, and focused on the youma. "Moon Scepter Elimination!"

"Not bad," Sailor Neptune remarked as she strode over towards where Sailor Moon and Uranus were standing.

"Not bad?" Sailor Moon repeated. "Look, I don't know who you two think you are, but you can't just show up whenever you feel like it, throw a few punches, make condescending remarks, and then just leave."

"And what makes you think you can dictate what we can and can't do?" Neptune replied coolly.

Sailor Moon narrowed her eyes and stood a little taller. She would not let herself be bullied by these two newcomers. "I am Sailor Moon. For the past year I have fought to defend this city from the attacks of the Dark Kingdom, and now the Black Moon Clan threatens this city again. The fight is never easy, it is long and perilous, and the more people I have fighting alongside me, the more likely we are to win.

"However, I cannot fight beside people who I neither know nor trust. You two always show up when it's convenient to you, and you leave the hard tasks to me and my team. Where were you when youmas first started attacking this city? Where were you when we risked everything to infiltrate and take down the Dark Kingdom? Where were you a few days ago when a youma got the better of us, and I was very nearly killed? We could have greatly used your help in all these situations, but you were nowhere to be seen."

Drawing in a breath, she finished. "You have a great deal of power, and you are Sailor Senshi, just like me and my team. I know that if you joined us, it would make our fight against the Black Moon Clan that much easier. However, if you choose to remain how you are, if you refuse to offer help except for when it benefits you, if you refuse to tell me anything more about you, then I'm afraid I will have to treat you as hostile."

Uranus and Neptune exchanged a look. After a long moment, Neptune spoke. "We will consider your offer, Sailor Moon."

And with that, they left, leaving Sailor Moon standing in the streets of Tokyo as the sun fell below the horizon, leaving her in darkness.


"Aphrodite…" his words were a caress on her skin, his breath gently falling on the back of her neck.

Sighing, she turned in his arms to face him. "We can't keep meeting like this."

"And why not?"

"Someone will find out," she said. "They'll pull as apart. You know we can't be together."

"Don't think of that," he said. "The future might be uncertain, but right here, right now… it's just us. There's no one to tell us what's wrong or what's right, what we can and cannot do."

"I know." She closed her eyes in bliss, wrapped her arms around his neck, and rested her head on his shoulder. "But sometimes I worry."

"Shhh, shh…" he stroked her hair as she started to cry. "We will find a way, I promise. No matter what happens, I will always find my way back to you."

"Kunzite…" the words were barely a whisper, a silent declaration of love for this man who was her pillar of strength.

Minako woke with tears streaming down her face. And as the dream came back to her, she cried harder, gasping for air as she curled into a ball. For she knew now that it wasn't a dream, and as the memories came back to her, she wished she could forget again. Kunzite.


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