Chapter 42

The Outers

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Serena slowly opened her eyes and stretched, but before she could move very far a bunch of different voices bombarded her from all sides.

"Are you ok?"

"Why did you faint?"

"Do you need help?"

"Step away from our princess."

"She just needs some air."

"Do you need air Serena?"

"We were so worried."

"She was out for 25 minutes."

"The memories must have been too much for her."

"What did you do to her? Chocolate Fudge?"

Serena was getting a headache with all the voices clashing around her. "Ummm could you all just tone it down a little bit."

Everyone stopped and looked down at her as if just realizing she was there even though they were just talking about her.

She winced as Sammy launched himself at her. "You are way cuter than I remember." She muttered.

The Outers smiled at their princess when they heard her.

"Can someone please tell us what the hell is going on here?" said Trowa.

The Outers stopped looking at Serena and stepped back, on the receiving end of the Pilots glares.

Serena struggled to sit up with Sammy sprawled across her lap. "I think I can explain. It will be hard to take in but everything I say is the truth and you'll just have to trust me. Can you do that?" She looked pleadingly at her new friends with her big blue eyes.

Heero sighed and nodded his head. "We always thought there was something weird going on with you when you would glow and get a crescent moon on your forehead. Not much can surprise us right now." He moved to sit on the couch.

"Wanna bet?" Serena muttered. She moved with Sammy and settled into a chair that faced the couch as everyone else arranged themselves around her.

Serena closed her eyes and took a fortifying breath. "To start off with…. I'm not from here."

"We know. You moved here." Said Duo.

"That's not what I meant. What I meant was that I don't come from this time, at least not originally. I come from the past, the very distant past."

The Pilots all stared at her. Wufei was about to talk but Serena interrupted him.

"Please let me finish before you say anything. I know it's hard to take in but bare with me."

Settling back in the chair, Serena got comfortable for the long trek ahead of her. "It all started on the moon……"

A couple hours later the five boys were stunned to say the least.

"So you want us to believe that you were not only reincarnated once but twice. You were a moon princess then Sailor Moon and now you are here? What a load of shit." Said Wufei.

Serena lowered her eyes. "I know its unbelievable…"

"Unbelievable, its utter madness!" Wufei interjected.

"Wufei, what reason does she have to lie? What does she gain? What if she is telling the truth?" reasoned Quatre.

"If I just had my imperial crystal, then I'm sure you would believe me."

"What crystal?" Trowa asked, leaning forward.

"The most powerful of all crystals." Whispered Trista.

"The Imperial Silver Crystal. The force that helps me defeat evil. I'm nothing without it." Said Serena, sounding desolate.

"We'll find it princess." Hotaru peered at Serena over the arm of the chair.

"It could be anywhere. And come to think of it I think I remember seeing it split up before I died."

"The Rainbow Crystals!" gasped Michelle. "Where would they be? They had to of come into the future with you princess."

"Imbedded in some innocent people I guess. And besides, how are we going to find them? I don't have my crescent wand to help me indicate the people that have them and I also need it to help me change them back from monsters. It's hopeless."

The Pilot's heads were spinning with all this new information. Rainbow Crystals? Monsters? Wand?

Quatre got up from his spot on the couch and approached the depressed girl. "If it's any help. I'll do anything." He said as be bent down.

Serena looked up at him with tears in her eyes. "Oh thank you so much Quatre. I don't know what you can do but thank you." If Sammy wasn't in her lap she would have jumped up and hugged him.

"Well I propose we get something to eat. Maybe you guys can think better with a full stomach." Quatre turned to the Outers. "You guys are welcome to stay here for as long as you need to."

Amara nodded sullenly while Michelle smiled. "Thank you so much."

Quatre blushed. "No problem." He cleared his throat and headed into the kitchen.

"I don't you he was perfect Amara." Michelle looked at her close friend.

"Not likely." Amara muttered and moved to the kitchen with Michelle laughing after her.

Everyone else followed Quatre and Amara into the kitchen.

The Pilots were on one side and the Outers on the other, Serena and Sammy in my middle of them.

Serena started to get up. "I guess I can make us some lunch."

Loud protests had her sit back down.

"That wont be necessary princess. I can cook." Michelle got out of her seat and went to the refrigerator. "Lets see…" Michelle bit her lip and moved to the pantry. "How about chili? I make a mean chili."

The others all nodded that that was fine and Michelle got to work.

While the food was cooking, Serena turned to her old friends. "So what have you guys been doing? Well I know for the past couple of weeks you've been watching me." Serena smiled in Hotaru's direction while the other Outers glared at her. Hotaru just blushed.

"Well we're not much different from out previous lives. Amara still likes to be fast and I still love music." Said Michelle from the stove.

"We've been going about our daily lives until we started remembering the past. We found each other pretty quickly. We were living not to far away from each other as it happens." Said Trista.

"It took us a while to find you. Being halfway across the world and all." Added Amara.

Duo's eyes got big. "You found her all the way over here? Where were you?"

"America!" shouted Hotaru.

"Wow all the way over there." Said Trowa.

"Yeah there hasn't been any nega-verse scum lying around to defeat so we used all our time to search for our princess." Amara put in.

The Pilots just looked at each other, not even bothering to ask.

Just then Michelle walked over with a big bowl of chili and returned with smaller bowls for everyone before sitting down. Everyone dug in.

"This is really good Ms. Michelle." Quatre complimented.

Trowa and Duo nodded their agreement while Wufei grunted and Heero remained silent.

A while later Serena's head surfaced from the depths of her bowl. "I was just thinking. Luna had the crescent wand the first time. Maybe she has it now. Find Luna, find the wand."

"A good idea but how are we going to find Luna? She could be anywhere, even on a space colony. It took us a long time to find you and you're our princess. Luna is just an advisor." Pointed out Amara.

Serena deflated.

Quatre put down his spoon. "Maybe this is where I can help."

Everyone looked at him.

"How can you help?" asked Trowa.

"Well I have all this money that I don't use. I could put it towards finding this Luna person. It can't be that hard. What does she look like?"

Hotaru giggled into her hand and even Amara cracked a smile.

Serena turned to the boy who looked so much like her. "Luna is a cat, a black cat."

Quatre's eyes widened. "Well…" He was speechless.

Heero spoke up. "Why don't we send out a flyer or something offering a reward for whoever brings her in." He looked around the room for feedback.

"That might work. We'd have to send it everywhere and offer a big reward." Said Trista.

"I can handle that." Said Quatre.

"Does this Luna have and distinguishing marks." Asked Trowa.

Serena smiled in memory. "A golden crescent moon on her forehead."

"Of course." Mutters Heero. Wufei nods in accordance.

Everyone finished up the chili and left the dishes in the sink to be tackled tomorrow.

Hours had ticked by as they all sat around the kitchen table.

Sammy yawned and almost banged his head on the table.

"I better get this little man to bed before he collapses." Before leaving, Serena turned to the boys. "I'm glad I remember you guy better now. I we met and everything. I miss you." She hugged each one and have them a kiss before picking Sammy up and hurrying up the stairs.

Hotaru giggled and Michelle smiled. Amara just scowled.

"I'll show you to your rooms ladies." Quatre started up the stairs with the Outers following.

When they were out of sight and hearing Heero turned to his friends. "I don't know what to make of them. This all seems a little too…"

"Weird."

"Unnatural?"

"Fucked up?"

They all turned to Wufei. "What? It is."

"We'll just have to keep an eye on them." Said Trowa.

"I hope they're ok, for Serena's sake." Said Duo.

They all nodded to that and went up the stairs and to their separate rooms, a lot on their minds that night.

done! Yes.

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