"I think we should find them." Darien said once he had heard the situation. he was sitting in one of the chairs in Lita's living room, Serena on his lap. Lita sat in the other chair, twisting a hand towel into knots. The other three scouts sat on the couch, looks of suspicion written on their faces.

"You can't be serious!" Rei exploded. Sparks of sibling rivalry always flew between her and Darien, the two of them more alike in personality than they cared to admit. "They murdered us!"

"Yes, but with everything we have gone though and lost, don't you think they deserve to be with the people who know and understand them the best?" The black haired Earth prince fired back, midnight blue eyes flashing.

"I agree that what happened a millennia ago should never be forgotten. To forget would cheapen the sacrifice Queen Serenity made. However, she sent them forward in time with us. Would she have done that if she knew they could not be redeemed?" He looked each of his future wife's generals in the eye, including Lita.

"Can you honestly admit that you miss the other part of your very soul? None of us, ever since the very beginning, were meant to be separated. We are all stronger together."

Lita felt bile rise in her throat at the thought of never seeing Nephrite again. They had just become engaged when Beryl had begun her attack on Earth. He had gone back to Earth with the three other generals and the prince to stave off the attack. Barely a month had gone by when the war finally came to the Moon. Darien had managed to sneak back and warn the Sailor Scouts, but it was to little too late.

The Silver Millennium had left people too complacent. No one but the generals took his word seriously. Even Serenity didn't want to believe him. In the end though, it didn't matter. Destruction came for them all. Most of the Moon Kingdoms inhabitants died in the initial attack; shockwaves rocking the small planetary body, bringing buildings crashing down. Only the Sailor Scouts, Serena, Darien, Serenity, Artemis, Luna and the Generals were left alive. It was bloody, difficult and futile. In the end everyone was sacrificed as Queen Serenity used all she had to buy a small chance at victory.

"Their powers do complement and boost ours." Amy agreed slowly.

"And those very powers were what made them so difficult to stop both times we fought them when they were brainwashed by that bitch Beryl." Mina stood and began pacing. "We can't afford for them to live. They have already been turned twice, what's to say it won't happen again?"

Lita wanted to run. Run far from this little apartment in Tokyo. Run back to her home on Jupiter, back when times were happy and she didn't have the weight of the Universe on her shoulder. She wanted Nephrite back, to hold her close and make the world fade away.

My only love, I wish you were here.

My only love, I wish you were here.

There it was again! That hauntingly beautiful voice calling to him. Cautiously Nephrite made his way to the balcony of his condo, looking out over the sparkling waters of the bay. The sun was beginning to dip towards the water. Behind him three male voices filled the air.

Malachite, Zoicite and Jedite had gathered, their silver haired leader having called a meeting. Currently they were all lounging around Nephrite's luxurious living room, eating slices of pizza and drinking beer. Meeting? More like frat party. Nephrite snorted softly.

They were still the same easygoing quartet they had been a millennium ago; a lifetime ago. Before the darkness, before the pain. Nephrite had seen something coming, the stars warning him that dark times were ahead. He just hadn't realized how dark. He shuddered at the memories, heart breaking for all the lives he had destroyed. Especially the one that had mattered the most to him.

Lita. Even now, his love's name sent shards of pain through him and made it hard to breathe. He recalled how he fought against the darkness, even as he watched himself murder the one woman he had loved beyond anything. Shaking the pain and memories away he turned to address his fellow generals.

"Mal."

Malachite looked up, his warm steel colored eyes going cold at the look on his enforcers face. The tall man tilted his head in inquiry as Nephrite dropped down onto the couch beside him.

"You ok, Neph?" Zoicite asked.

"Honestly? I think I may be going crazy." The brown haired man replied to the slim man with his blond hair pulled back in a ponytail.

"Why?" Jedite asked, green eyes solemn for once.

"I keep hearing a female voice in my head." The stargazer admitted with a sigh. "I think it might be Lita."

Voices exploded. Jed and Zoi started asking questions while Mal looked on stonily. Nephrite knew that their leader didn't want to open himself to being hurt again, but they needed to find their prince and the others. As he watched Nephrite saw Malachite give in slightly.

"Very well." The silver haired man spoke calmly. "We will seek them out in this life and hope they return our affection. If anything else, Darien is most likely to be with them. He'd always been drawn to the Moon Princess."

Relief washed through Nephrite.

Lita, my love. I'll find you soon.