Two Moons

Sailor Moon

fanfiction

DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN SAILOR MOON OR ANY RECOGNIZABLE EVENTS, PLACES, OR CHARACTERS.

Chapter 4: Past and Present

"So, Darien," she said, hugging onto Darien's arm as they strolled down the sidewalk. "I feel like I never get to see you anymore. We should go out more often."

Darien rolled his eyes and then fakely smiled at Serena. "Yeah, I've been pretty busy with work and keeping up with my classes. I had a break in my classes but I ended up taking over Andrew's shifts while he was seeing Rita."

"That's too bad. Mina said she saw you yesterday at work. I guess you've been pretty occupied, huh?"

"It happens, Serena." He shrugged as he looked back to the girls, who were slowly taken their time behind him. "Hey, girls, where are we going?" he shouted, trying to end the awkward conversation with Serena.

Rei jumped forward with a smile. "We are going to the Icery! It's down here to the right. It just opened today." Darien reached out and Rei openly walked up as close to him as possible without knocking him over, aggravating Serena.

"You know, Rei, he's my boyfriend," Serena said, leaning towards Rei with narrowed eyes.

Rei brushed her hair back and smiled. "Oh, Serena, everyone knows that you're not together. He's fair game."

"WHAT?! REI, TAKE THAT BACK." Serena screamed, jumping out and grabbing onto Rei's shoulders.

"Serena, you're overreacting."

"REI, I AM NOT! DARIEN, TELL HER I AM NOT OVERREACTING!"

Darien stepped back and sighed heavily before pulling Serena away to the other side of the street. "Serena, we should talk." He glanced over to the girls and waved. "Hey, we'll catch up to you guys." The girls nodded and started back to their journey to the ice cream shop.

"Darien, what is it?" Serena asked, watching the girls go forward then back to him.

"Look, Serena, you know I love you but-"

"But?"

Darien looked away from her and towards the skyline. Now or never. I might as well do it. I can't risk breaking her heart anymore than I know I have already. "Serena, I think we need to really put a halt on our relationship…as lovers. I feel like anything I do will hurt you and I don't want that. I don't want to hurt you, Serena."

"But Darien we have to be together for Rini's sake. I just don't understand how you could do this to me."

Serena stepped back and he considered moving towards her but instead just shook his head. "Rini will still be there, Serena. We know that but I just need some time away from this relationship. I love you and I love Rini but right now I just need some time, Serena. I'm not trying to hurt you. I swear," he said finally looking at her.

"You know, Darien, if you really loved us like you say you do then you wouldn't need time to figure out if you want to be around either of us." Serena turned and started to walk away before wiping the tears from her eyes and saying, "Darien, I want to see you anymore. Stay away from me."

"Serena," he said reaching out to her. He felt as though his heart was being ripped out with those words coming from her. Serena, this isn't what I want. Why can't I just explain it to you? "Serena, please stop."

She turned around and violently shook her head. "No, Darien. You don't want me anymore so you aren't going to have me. That's it. I'm done having my heart ripped out because of you." Serena turned and ran off before he could even respond.

Darien stepped forward and then kneeled down, hanging his head towards the ground. Serena, this isn't what I wanted, I swear. Serena, please don't be mad at me. I know that we'll be together in the future and I know that this time won't change that. He looked up as a pair of heels approached him. "Trista?"

"Good day, Darien. I see I came just in time."

"In time for what?" he asked standing up.

"Well," Trista shrugged and started to walk towards the temple. "It seems as though an exiled scout has come back and has caused a lot of problems in the future. I'm afraid your relationship with Serena is showing signs of that disturbance already."

"What you do mean 'exiled scouts'? There are others?" Darien walked with her with his hands in his pockets. So, it's possible that this feeling is because of a disturbance in time? So, wait… "Where's Rini?"

"I'm afraid Small Lady is missing. I came here as soon as it happened to try to find out why and I see why now. In the past, a group of scouts were exiled because they refused to allow Queen Serenity to separate the Moon kingdoms."

"Moon kingdoms? There wasn't only one?"

"No," she shook her head and continued her straight forward viewing of the gardens near the outside of the temple. "There are over a hundred moons in this solar system. All were reigned over by one Queen. Each moon had it's own princess and officiant for all duties that needed to be brought to attention to the Queen but Serenity grew tired of having to go to someone else to get things done so she decided to rebel. Because of her rebellion, the queen tried to drop her authority but instead was overwhelmed by the small army of scouts that Serenity had put together. With the threat of the Negaverse, the Queen thought that the battle of the moons was not worth effort and tried to exile Serenity but instead Serenity took her scouts and allied against the Queen. This caused for the entire universe to be put out of orbit and for the universal order to fall out of place. When the Negaverse attacked, Queen Serenity was just coming into power and had yet to instate full control so the Negaverse was able to easily overcome them."

"Is there another Sailor Moon? Is that you're saying?"

"Yes and no. I'm not sure. It seems as though in the future that the exiled scouts are coming back. They seem to have found each other. This is bad. Very bad. If they take reign again it'll mean that Serena will die."

Darien stopped walking and just stared at Trista. No, no, this can't be right. Serena can't die. She rules over Crystal Tokyo but if what Trista says is true then…Serena never had rights to rule over Crystal Tokyo in the first place. Her mother forced her way into royalty so if that hadn't of happened…then what would have happened? "Who are these sailor scouts? Do you know?"

"I know who they used to be," she said, stopping and turning towards Darien. "But, I'm afraid, I don't know their current state. I just know that one is here somewhere. They've found Serena. It's only a matter of time before Serena is-"

"What scouts are they? If we get them first then we can reverse this. We can't let them destroy the future."

Trista shook her head. "Darien, if they take control it will be better for the future…only not for Serena."

"How is that possible? They'll kill her!"

"They have the power to stop the Negaverse once and for all. I'm afraid that we must weigh our odds. One life can be sparred for the future of a universe."

He shook his head and walked up to her, angry. "I want to know who these sailors are. If they haven't hurt Serena yet then we still have time. I won't let them take over our future. If we don't stop them, Trista, then Rini may be gone for good."

Trista looked away and towards the ground. Her mission was clear: do not let anything harm the future and protect Small Lady but now with this threat looming she wasn't sure if her mission to Small Lady still applied even though she loved her so. "There are five scouts and one protector." She looked away and walked towards a bench a the entrance to the gardens.

Darien walked with her and sat down next to her, leaning in to her every word. Every detail could mean the difference between life and death. If I'm ever going to save Rini, this is how. "So there's six?"

"Yes, they're far more advanced than the rest of the scouts. They are the controllers of the universe. The rest of us are just pawns compared to them."

"Who are they? I need to know so I can tell the girls and we can stop them."

Trista nodded. "They are Sailor Nebulous, Sailor Galactica, Sailor Solstice, Sailor Earth, and Sailor Moon. I'm not sure who their protector is in this day. I feel like they're not present."

Sailor Nebulous, Sailor Galactica, Sailor Solstice, Sailor Earth, and Sailor Moon? Those sound daunting and familiar. And they're the controllers? What does that even mean? "Trista, how are they our controllers? How is there another Sailor Moon? And Sailor Earth? Who is she? Does that-does that mean I have family?"

"They together control the universe with the powers of the galaxy, sun, and nebulous. If they combine their powers they could very easily make it so humanity doesn't exist. They're the oldest scouts. Because of the war with Serenity, they weren't able to keep the Negaverse from invading. If they weren't at war with Serenity then the Negaverse would have never reached Crystal Tokyo." She moved and put her hand on his, looking up into his eyes. "I guess you don't remember but their protector is your brother. Sailor Earth isn't related to you. She was the Queen's sister who took reign over Earth during the revolution with your family's consort."

"You mean we agreed that the Queen should be in power and not Serenity?"

"Yes. The Earth kingdom agreed and it outraged Queen Serenity so she had it so you couldn't visit the princess."

"Which is why when I went the guards tried to stop me…she didn't want me around Princess Serenity because of our agreement…Trista, is there another Moon Princess then?"

"There might be…at least, the true princess can take control again. Darien, I know this is hard but it really is for the best that we allow this to play out. We can't stop destiny."

"We can stop a war and that's what I intend on doing. You can join me or not."

Trista shook hear head and removed her hands from his. "No, I think you need to find the enemy first. If you think you can reason with them, then do it. But if you fail, the Negaverse will never return but at the price of Small Lady and Princess Serenity. You must make a hard decision on which is more important to you."