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Sorry for the delay. Now on with the story.

Chapter 5

As Darien walked around the perimeter of the temple, he began to analyze everything that had occurred up to this point so that he could find a solution to his mistake. However, he found that there was a problem; his recurring dream forbids him to be with Serena. What can I do!? There has to be something I can do to save her! Darien thought.Growing more and more frustrated, he stopped his wonderings and decided to go back inside and see if the scouts were any closer to solving the problem.

Inside, Mercury continued her analysis while the other scouts paced or sat around in an uncertain silence.

"Well, Mercury," said Jupiter who was tired of the silence, "what have you found out?"

"What I have found out is that there is a dark purple haze surrounding her aura," stated Mercury continuing her analysis.

"What does that mean?" Venus asked.

"That means that she has been partially corrupted by Dark Moon power and is being consumed by that power very slowly. If you take a look at her forehead you can see that her crescent moon is changing." Everyone's eyes quickly darted to Serena's head to see that Serena's crescent moon had turned upside-down and was turning black very slowly.

"What can we do Mercury?" asked Darien who had been listening to the conversation from the doorway.

"I don't know yet," said Mercury deflated. Everyone grew silent. As time passed, Mars noticed a purplish glow coming from the room where Rini was.

"Hey, guys. There's a glow coming from Rini's room," Mars said as she moved towards the door to the room. When she opened 

it, everyone saw that there was a light purple glow emanating from Rini's body.

"Rini must be reacting to the change that Serena's going under," stated Venus with a worried look.

"What are we going to do?" asked a very worried and angry Mars.

"Nothing," said a confident voice behind them. Everyone quickly turned around to find that, while their attention had been on Rini, Prince Diamond had snuck in and taken Serena.

"Isn't that right, my dear?"

"That's right," said Serena who gathered an energy ball in her hands.

"Alright Scouts," said Venus taking charge, "We have to separate her from Diamond and get her to see reason. According to Mercury's partial analysis, she's not completely controlled by the darkness." Venus turned to look at Tuxedo Mask. "You have to get her alone and bring her back to us. In the meantime, Mercury will protect Rini while the rest of us distract Prince Diamond long enough for you to get her free." Venus looked back at the couple in front of them. "You all know what to do so let's get it done."

"Right," shouted everyone. At that time, Serena let lose her energy ball at the scouts. The scouts and Tuxedo Mask moved out of the way and put their plan into action.

In the 30th century, a woman lies in her quartz shell and feels a deep soul-splitting vibration. What has disturbed my sleep? She lies very still and analyzes the feeling. Something is happening to me in the past. She searches even further to pinpoint the actual time. After a few minutes, she finds the memory of when this disturbance occurred. I sense that my past self needs help in finding the truth in her heart to defeat this 

obstacle. The woman gathers her powers deep inside of her then sends out a pure white pulse of energy that breaks the barriers of time and space. I send this energy to you my other self so that you can find the path that leads to me and to your love.

Back at the temple, the scouts and Tuxedo Mask are having a hard time separating Serena from Prince Diamond.

"This isn't working," said a frustrated Jupiter.

"I know but we have to keep trying," said Venus picking herself up from the last blow.

"She's our princess, our light, our friend," Mars said passionately. "And because of that we can't let that Diamond have her."

"I will get you back Serena," said Tuxedo Mask looking into Serena's glazed-over eyes. "I will because no matter what I will always love you."

"That's a lie!!" shouted Serena, tears gathering in her eyes. "If you loved me you wouldn't have abandoned me after you saved me." She gathered another energy ball in her hands. "You wouldn't avoid me like the plague," The energy ball grew bigger. "And you wouldn't have gone off with another girl."

Now the energy ball was 20 times bigger than a normal satellite dish. The scouts and Tuxedo Mask knew that if she released that energy ball, everything within a 20-block radius would be destroyed. However, before anybody could move to do something about the energy ball, a burst of blinding white light pulsed out from the moon, causing everyone to cover his or her eyes or risk going blind. Once the light had dimmed down enough for them to look at where it had come from, they found that the light had encased Serena in a ball of opaque white and had created a shield that separated any party from attacking the other and damaging the surrounding area. Seeing that they had a reprieve from the fight, they all settled in a battle-ready state to see what would happen to Serena.

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