Author's Note: People always assume they know when this shits gonna hit the fan... Ah, you'll see.

Hehehe -- evil cackle.

Enjoy your Monday.

Starlight Apartments Sunday 3:00 P.M.

Zoicite sighed, "We're running out of time. Yesterday she collected the crystals from Akan, Veena, and Bo Bo the Vulture."

"This morning she received the crystals form Bumboo and Techniclon. Not to mention the one she recovered from Game Machine Man on Friday." Nephrite groaned in frustration.

"The way she took off I think she found the last of them. She's after Pox." Jedite added.

kid you not about the names. I looked them up... Its from the North American version, but its the best I could do...)

Kunzite shook his head, "I never thought she would find them all so quickly. Nor did I think she would be able to defeat all seven on her own."

Zoicite shook his head, "Its destroying her."

"I never took the delicate thing to be much of a warrior, but she handles her wounds well on the field." Kunzite frowned. "If we don't speak with the Prince-"

"She'll go after the Queen just as soon as she's recovered her crystal." Setsuna interrupted him, before taking a sip of tea. "Once she has the last piece there is no telling how long it will take her to put them together. Especially because we don't know exactly how the Queen split it."

"If we don't speak with the Prince," Kunzite continued. "She will destroy herself in the battle. And he will destroy us for letting that happen."

Setsuna looked into her tea as she swirled the liquid with her spoon. "I can try and convince her to rest tonight. It shouldn't be hard. She knows she needs her strength to reform the crystal. That will be our only window of opportunity."

Top of the Steps to the Shrine 3:00 P.M.

Serenity saw the old man and watched him approach. "Good afternoon, Sir."

He smiled warmly at her, "Are you here to see my granddaughter?"

Serenity shook her head. "You know what it is I seek."

The smile faded as he nodded his head, a hidden wisdom seeping into his eyes. "I will not allow you to release the demon unless you first prove yourself in battle."

She nodded and took her stance, waiting for the attack. As the old man charged, she leapt over his head, striking from behind. He dodged and moved to kick low for a sweep attack. She leaped back again, and took her stance once more. She charged this time, jumping over him at the last second, surprising him from behind.

The battle continued for another 5 minutes, before the old man raised his hand. "Stop." She did. "You may take what is yours. You have proved your skills."

She transformed, took out her wand and called forth the crystal. She took hold of the crystal placing it in her subspace pocket. Meanwhile the old man transformed into the small red faced demon.

Once more they did battle. Once more coming out evenly in skill. It raged on for 10 minutes before she forced him back and gained footing, taking the moment to call forth the forces of Jupiter. Shocked, literally, by the lightning the demon paused in his attacks trying to regain his strength. The soldier used this moment to heal him and return him to his former self.

The old man slumped to the ground, tired from the entire experience. Serenity untransformed as well. And made her way over to him, helping him to stand, and then walk to a nearby bench.

Once they sat he looked to her eyes, "I see in you a wisdom that is older than mine. So I must ask, why do you forsake them and choose the path of destruction?"

"I would rather myself be destroyed than risk those I love."

He nodded. "Let me treat your wounds before you go."

"It is unnessicary."

He shook his head. "You have bested me in combat twice. You have ridden me of a curse that I have cared through many life times. You save my granddaughter from a life of war. It would be an honor to be able to help such a great and ancient lady."

She nodded. After a few moments, he stood up and led her into a building where they both disappeared.

Rei and Minako stumbled out from behind the bush where they'd been hiding since they first saw Serenity begin the climb of the stairs. "The others will be here in a few minutes, Rei. We should get to your room." Rei stood frozen. "Rei?"

She snapped her head to Minako, "I've spared with him daily and I've never seen that kind of skill and grace. And Usagi!"

Minako nodded, "I know. It looks like the news reports are true. And there's a bigger quest I want answered."

Rei nodded, "Why couldn't we transform?"

Approx. 10 Minutes Later In Rei's Room

The girls were seated at the table in the middle of the room. Rei sat at the head of the table commanding the meeting. "We tried several times, but we never transformed. There wasn't even a twitch of magic. So we sat back and watched Usagi fight my transformed grandfather."

"Have you talked to your grandfather since?" Luna questioned as she tried to remember something.

Rei shook her head no. "He seems to know our secret though. We couldn't over hear much, but he just let her change him."

"He seemed thankful when it was over!" Minako added.

Luna looked to Ami, "Can you get any readings? If the battle wasn't long ago there should still be magical scaring on the area." Ami ignored Luna, continuing to stare at a brown envelope held tightly in her grasp. "Ami-chan?" Nothing. Minako poked her side and Luna tried again.

Ami slowly brought her head up. "Yes. Readings." She slowly released her grasp on the envelope with one hand and summoned her computer, slowly entering the data.

Luna brushed against Ami's arm as she tried to get closer. "Are you alright? You haven't been yourself today. You were even late."

Ami nodded numbly. "Yeah. Its noth- well its something. But for now, the matter at hand..." She pressed a few more buttons and Luna gasped. "It says Makoto was at the battle."

Makoto shook her head, "I was still on the bus!"

Luna shook her head, "No, more correctly it says Sailor Jupiter was here. That can't be right though. Run it again."

Ami shook her head, "Data is fine."

Luna looked concerned. The girl was paler than normal, quieter than normal, and she looked confused with everything. "Alright then. Girls try and transform for Ami."

The other three stood up, held up their pens.

"Mars Power, Make-Up!" Rei remained in her spot, hand in the air.

"Jupiter Power, Make-Up!" Makoto remained unchanged.

"Venus Power, Make-Up!" Minako out her hand on her hip, waiting the answers they all hoped would come.

"Nothing." Ami set down her computer, and pulled out her pen doing a quick scan. "These are normal pens."

Rei frowned, "What does this mean? Why can Usa still transform?"

Ami shook her head. Then slowly put away both her pen and computer, and moved her hand back to grasp the folder.

"Maybe we should tell Mamoru about us." All eyes turned to Minako. "I know you think I'm crazy, but who knows maybe this is part of why she pushed us away. I mean as best we can tell we lost our powers after she pushed us away... And she only pushed us and him away... So I was... Never mind..."

The others began to protest.

Ami thought a moment. "Minako is on to something." She thought a moment. "We need to go see him now."

Luna looked to Ami, "Are you sure you'll feeling alright? You haven't been yourself today? Is it something to do with that folder?"

Ami shook her head more confident now than she had been since she had arrived, "We go talk to Mamoru. Once we're there I'll show everyone what this is."

Everyone, unsure of everything, followed Ami and Minako as they lead the way to Mamoru's apartment.

Starlight Apartment's Chiba Mamoru's Residence 4:00 P.M.

Mamoru gave up after ten minutes, and swung open the door. "Welcome, Motoki! Thanks for coming over. Its not like I've been ignoring you for the last ten minutes because I wanted to be alone." Mamoru rolled his eyes his tone dripping with sarcasm.

"Look man, this isn't healthy."

"I'm fine!"

"You haven't left your house since it happened!"

Mamoru sighed, "I was planning on apologizing to the body guard tomorrow, and seeing if he would then give her a card."

Motoki nodded, "A card?"

Mamoru sighed. "She won't let me talk to her! Look! I just want to apologize to her and forget it ever happened."

Motoki handed him a paper, "Thats not why I came any way. I thought you'd like to know your girl was alone again."

"This bothers me more! I've been trying to get any type of lock on our link and I can't feel a damn thing!"

"Maybe you should just give up. You said there was a time when this was exactly what you wanted. It seems she's given it to you."

Mamoru gave Motoki a deathly glare. "There was a time. That has long since passed. She's fragile, scared, and alone."

A knock sounded in the room. Motoki jumped from his chair, "I'll get it!" He scampered out of the room. "Anything to get away from that glare." He opened the door to five teenage girls. "Hey girls! Its great to see you!"

"Good you're here. We don't have to wait." Ami moved past Motoki.

The other three shrugged in response to his unasked question and followed Ami. Luna and Artemis squeezed through the door as Motoki was shutting it.

Once he had reentered the room he took back his place on the couch next to Mamoru. Rei took the only chair, and the other three were seated around the coffee table.

An awkward silence filled the room. Motoki cleared his throat. "Uh- Can we get you girls anything?"

Ami spoke before the others could, "No. We have more important matters to discuss."

Mamoru nodded, "What matters would that be? You find something else about Usagi?"

Ami looked forward, unsure again. "You could say that. Its something about all of us."

Silence filled the room again. Ami unsure of how to proceed. The girls awaiting her lead to follow. Mamoru and Motoki giving her the time to gather her thoughts.

Luna couldn't take the silence, and jumped on the coffee table. "We came here to speak with you about the Sailor Scouts."

Mamoru raised an eyebrow while mumbling, "I knew I'd seen Odango talk to that..."

Motoki's eyes bulged and he poked Luna with his finger, "It that a real cat? You trained it to talk? Wow!"

Luna looked offended, and raised herself up to draw as much command as a cat could. "I am not a cat! I am a much more evolved being than those creatures! And I was trained to do nothing!"

Motoki looked sheepish. "Sorry."

Rei rolled her eyes. "Couldn't think of a more subtle way to tell them?"

Luna glared at her, "You girls weren't saying anything!"

Artemis jumped next to Luna, cutting her and Rei off from further argument. "What my companions are trying to tel-"

Motoki jumped in his seat, startled. "How many of these things do you have?"

Luna rolled her eyes. "There are just the two of us. I am Luna. The fur ball next to me is Artemis. We are guides to the Sailor Scouts."

Mamoru slowly eyed the girls taking in the meaning. Motoki wasn't quit as quick, "You know them? Who are they?"

Mamoru ignored him and looked to the black cat. "Usa is Sailor Moon?" The cat nodded. He turned his gaze to the girls, "Why haven't you been fighting? Why is she fighting alone now?" He paused. "You think this is why she pushed you away. How do you think that involves me?"

Ami shrugged, "We cannot get close to the battles any longer. Today we discovered we no longer have the power to transform. Our devices have become nothing more than what they were disguised to look like. We cannot figure out how, or why this has happened. But we knew that she only pushed us five away. We were hoping you could help us find answers."

He nodded. "You shared your secret." He pulled a rose out of his pocket and laid it on the table. "I don't know if I can still transform." The girls and the cats gasped as he confirmed the suspicions the rose had immediately brought to the surface. "I only transform when she does. And I haven't felt that since we battled Leo the Lion and Nephlite."(I have no idea WHICH of the 50506867 fights they had was the last before that and I've screwed with the time line this much...I figured what the hell! Atleast I know about that battle!)

Mamoru rubbed the bridge of his nose as a migraine had begun to form. Motoki patted his shoulder. "At least this uncomplicates your feelings for the two girls."

Mamoru shook his head trying to clear his thoughts as he started to stand. "There is more." He turned to look at Ami as she spoke. "I've waited until we were all together to say anything, but there is more. Mamoru please take a seat." He followed the suggestion, not sure he could take more 'news'. "I told you I ordered out for the records." They all nodded. "Well uh- the results came back. Some of them with pictures like I said and – oh dear--" She emptied the brown envelope onto the table. There was a large collection of birth, death, marriage certificates, and photographs. There were exactly ten photographs. Everyone grabbed a different photograph.

Mamoru was the first to speak. "This is me?" He grabbed another it was dated 1904, "This is me?" He grabbed another dated 1835, and another1961, before wrenching the photographs out of the girls hands to stare at theirs. "You girls are in some of these. I don't understand. Whats this mean?"

The largest picture on his table caught his attention and he slowly picked it up. It was dated 1985, he and Usagi were smiling happily as their wedding photo was taken. To Usagi's right stood the four girls, looking older. To his right stood four men he had never met. "This is impossible."

The door swung open. The eight occupants of the room turned to stare at the intruders, the four senshi jumped into a battle stance. Mamoru sat befuddled. The men, resembling Beryl's Generals, held up their hands. The silver haired man, a general they had only seen once, stepped forward, "We've no time to quarrel. We are not the Generals of the Dread Queen's Army. We are his general's." As he pointed to a confused Mamoru the girls looked to him for answers he didn't have. "Please, if will you hear us out? If we do not hurry your lady will know we've come to see you." The Senshi dropped from their stances, but the tension was still in the room. "Serenity-"

A new senshi the others had never seen before materialized in between the two groups. "We've failed! She knew. Now she's gone to her death!"