Author's Note: Oh crap its monday. Hehe Sorry its late. Enjoy.

3:15 P.M. Friday Rei's Room

The girls were sitting around the small square table drinking tea. Ami set her glass down. "We really need to talk to Luna. I managed to get a copy of the footage. Didn't take much with as much as they're airing it on the news."

Rei stared deep into her tea, "I heard at school this morning that she used fire." Ami nodded, "How? I mean I thought that was why she needed us. All she could do was heal..."

Makoto frowned, "So she really fought on her own? When I first heard kids talking about it this morning, I was sure they news had made a mistake. That you had gone Rei."

Rei shook her head, "I slept like a baby. I didn't even know there had been a fight until I heard all the chatter at the academy this morning."

Artemis walked in followed by Luna. Artemis looked to Luna as he greeted the girls. "Good afternoon, and before you ask- We're on it. We've been scanning the news all day. It appears the magic is in tact, they have no way to identify her. But there is the distressing matter of her using the power of Mars."

Ami began typing, "As far as my computer can tell me its not possible for anyone but the original Senshi to tap into the magic of their home world. How was Usagi-chan able to tap into Mars? And then control it?"

Artemis sighed, "We don't know."

Minako looked to Luna who had remained silent and still, "You were there with her?" Luna nodded, "Why didn't you call us?"

"I couldn't. She jammed my communicator."

Ami gasped, "Thats not possible."

Luna looked up. "I know. Its also not possible for her to tap into any of your powers. She knows more than either Artemis or I at this point."

Makoto looked the cat in the eye, "Its not just the fire or the communicator thing is it."

Luna shook her head. "Artemis and I have been doing scans since the beginning. Our scans picked up something last night. Apparently early Tuesday morning, Nephlite engaged Sailor Moon in combat, and Zoicite finished him off. She took a black crystal from him that he was to use to trace another kind of crystal."

Ami looked perplexed, "If this happened last Tuesday,why didn't the scanner pick it up sooner?"

Rei frowned. "And why weren't their any news reports?"

"The scanner picked it up as soon as Usagi let the scanner pick it up. There were no news reports because there was never any evidence that there had been a battle."

Minako raised an eyebrow, "Then how do we know there was one? That Usagi wasn't just hacking into your system."

Luna sighed. "The same time we received the report about Tuesday night's fight we received a brief text message from Usagi about the fight downtown. I went to her to check it out. Zoicite was there fighting for one of seven rainbow crystals. Zoicite was still enjoying her victory. Insisting that Sailor Moon couldn't defeat her when the team of you couldn't defeat Nephlite. Usagi fought her hand to hand, stole back then crystal. I saw Usagi use fire soul. She hit both Zoicite and the Youma with her single blast. Zoicte left, and Usagi turned to me she demanded the Moon Wand. She said it was hers by right." Luna shook her head, "I had to give it to her. She's the only one that can do it and she would have had to kill the man."

"What do you mean?" Makoto questioned.

Artemis sighed, "The Rainbows Crystals were used to trap Beryls finest fighters during the last battle. The Seven Shadow Warriors. Now those crystals reside in seven different humans that can only be located with the Moon Wand. Once they are found, the crystal can be removed but that releases the warrior as well. When the youma is weakened it can be transformed back into the original human with the Moon Wand."

Ami stopped typing, "I can see why the Negaverse wants these youma released. But you said Usagi fought for that crystal. What importance do they hold?"

"The seven Rainbow Crystals were formed when the Queen used the last of her power to save everyone and trap the Negaverse. The Rainbow Crystals, when combined, form the Silver Imperium Crystal."

"Wait," Rei thought a moment, "The crystal we've been searching for all along? And now Usagi has the only tool for finding the pieces to the key?"

Luna sighed, "Yes."

Ami sighed, "What did the scans say about the battle last night?"

Artemis looked away from the girls, "It says there was no battle."

"What?!" Was the simultaneous cry of outrage.

"She told me we'd received the information regarding Nephlite's death because she needed me there. She needed the Moon Wand. We can't track her. We can no longer track the youma or the generals." Luna sighed and shook her head, "We receive our information at her discretion. There is nothing we can do until she allows us. So for now we wait. Ami you need to keep monitoring everything you can. Get all the information and readings you can out of the video footage. We meet back here Sunday evening."

4:05 P.M. Friday Starlight Apartments

"God damn it! Why can't you take a damn hint! You've been banging on the door the last ten fuck-" Mamoru swung the door open, "-ing minutes! What the hell do you want Motoki?"

Motoki sighed at their routine and headed for the living room, "You haven't seen the news."

Mamoru raised an eyebrow, "The news?"

"Were you there?"

"Was I where?"

Motoki turned on the television in time for the four o'clock news to prattle on. A news reporter could be heard but the screen showed footage of a battle in downtown Tokyo at a construction sight.

"The police still have no leads to who the vigilante, or the terrorist that have plagued our city for months. However citizens who have been rescued by the young woman say she calls herself Sailor Moon. Other reports of these incidents indicate that there are five women, calling themselves the Sailor Senshi, and a dashing man, Tuxedo Kamen. The footage from the surveillance system at the construction sight is the first video footage to have caught any of the Senshi in action. Though no faces are visible, it appears that the "Youma", as witnesses call them, is shooting some type of crystals while Sailor Moon, the only of the Senshi present, seems to be responding with what appears to be fire. No clues were left behind. There was minimal damage done to the construction site and all civilians involved remained safe, and relatively unharmed. Once again, the people of Tokyo remain in the debt of Sailor Moon.

In other news.."

Motoki pressed the mute button. "You didn't go."

Mamoru frowned, "Sailor Moon doesn't use fire."

"I thought you had to go. It was... how do you describe it?..."

Mamoru looked from the T.V. To Motoki, "Its a searing pain in my heart. Flows through my veins until I'm not me, I'm him."

"You were him on Wednesday when you broke the body guards nose."

Mamoru looked to the ground, "The strength, the healing, the roses, the magic... those are part of me. The disguise is what I can't control. Thats what makes me a different person it forces me places... It forces me to save her. Maybe it is me, but I don't understand it... I mean its never been my choice."

"Are you saying you wouldn't if you had the choice?"

Mamoru sighed, "Try not to think any less of me?" Motoki nodded. "I told you before, at first I didn't know what was happening. I would wake up in strange places wondering... everything. It was like not knowing who I was in a whole new way. And the first time I found out... I was so angry. I wanted to live a normal life. Thats all I've ever really wanted. A normal life with my parents... I've never had the luxury. And all I could think was 'who was she to force this magic on me'! I mean I thought it was her! Its never lead me to the others, only her, so she had to be the one controlling all the magic. The next time there was a battle... I understood the pain. I understood where I was going. I stood back and watched the Youma take aim. It was going to kill her, and I wanted to let it. I know that if she died this would go away... but I saw the terror in her eyes... And I felt a pain in my chest... It took me a moment but I realized I was feeling fear... her fear. So, I swooped down and saved her, and looked deep into those tear filled eyes. She's nothing more than a child; she deserves this life less than I do. So for a time, no I wouldn't have saved her. But now? I have no idea who she is and I feel for her in a way I don't understand. I don't save her because it forces me to--not any more-- I am thankful that someone else takes over, guides me to her. I save her because I can't imagine what this world would be without her. She is terrified of everything that happens around her and she still goes. And from what I've gathered, she doesn't go because someone else takes over and leads her, she goes because no one else can. At then end of the battles, I sometimes stay to make sure they're okay. You know what I see in her eyes?" Motoki shook his head no, "I see caring and compassion for every single person we save. Whether its one person or a hundred people. There is relief and worry in her features. She doesn't deserve this life, and she doesn't hate the people she has to save... she cherishes them. Now, I don't know why I wasn't called to that battle last night, but I worry for her."

Motoki nodded as he took everything in. He thought a moment before quietly responding, "It sounds like you truly love her."

Mamoru shook his head 'no', "I can't."

Motoki looked his friend in the eye, "Oh? I'm sure even you're capable of it."

"There is another person that makes me feel like I feel for her." He let out a slow breath, "Usagi... or Serenity... or whatever. I know it sounds crazy. But... Its why I've always been so mean to her... Its how I kept her at a distance. Its how I recognized what she had done to the girls and I. It can't be love, not for either of them I suppose... because how can I love two women, when I'm not sure I'm capable of loving one?"