Author's note:Thank you for staying with me so long! I love writing so very much 3. This chapter is going to be a bit longer; I hope no one minds. I just wanted to let you in on it that one of the rules that Queen Serenity gave to Setsuna with her power was that she cannot tell what she knows. Setsuna has abilities to see the past and future, as you know. But she is not allowed to tell the future. That is a big no. Just had to tell you because this rule plays a big part in Setsuna's personality later on. I hope you're all enjoying The Best Kept Secrets! Thanks for all the good reviews! 3

Darien hadn't driven straight home.

He tried. He really, really tried to go home.

Darien thought about his efforts to drive to his house, but his path led him to Setsuna's apartment building. His car was parked out front, and he was looking up. Her lights were on in the apartment, so he knew she wasn't asleep.

What could she be doing? I hope she isn't crying again.

Darien simply could not get Setsuna off his mind. He had to know how she was doing, what she was doing, if she was all right, anything. Darien sat in his car and watched. He was more at ease when he saw the lights all go out, one by one, until her bedroom light was the last left. Darien relaxed a lot, then. She was probably going to read a book or take a bath. He didn't really care what, but if she could function, she was okay, and that was what mattered.

Darien turned the car back on and went home.

Please, don't cry.

I know, I just can't help it! It's not fair, I—

Shh. It'll be all right.

Do you really believe that?

The girl watched as Setsuna tossed and turned in a light, uneasy sleep. She watched Setsuna from the darkness, hiding in the shadows. Had the Sailor Scouts honestly thought that they could get rid of her that easily? How wrong they had been. How utterly and terribly wrong.

Chiharu's first want had been to kill Setsuna. Setsuna was honestly nothing more than a bother, but the thoughts coming from the woman really struck her. Setsuna was dreaming about something, maybe a past event, memories of something. None of that really mattered to Chiharu. She found herself just listening to the thoughts of the woman, and she couldn't just kill her. Something was going on here, and if she listened closely enough, she thought she might be able to find something that would get her the Silver Imperium Crystals.

"Tell me something," Chiharu began.

Setsuna just continued to murmur in her sleep.

"Who was the little pink-haired girl?"

"Don't you hurt Chibiusa!" Setsuna cried out in her sleep.

"Chibiusa," Chiharu trailed off a bit, in thought. "And what importance is this Chibiusa to you?"

Setsuna began to moan and tears leaked out of the corner of her eyes. "Please leave her alone."

"Answer the question."

"She is Neo Queen Serenity's daughter!"

"What?" Chiharu looked confusedly toward the sleeping Setsuna and took a few steps forward. "That's not possible! How did she get here?"

"Don't harm her!"

"Why is she so goddamned important to you?!" Without realizing what she was doing, Chiharu lunged forward and grabbed Setsuna by the throat. Setsuna's hands flew up to grab Chiharu's and with surprising strength threw Chiharu off. Setsuna sat up, clearly awake.

"You!"

"Shit!"

"PLUTO COSMIC POWER!" Setsuna threw her hand into the air and quickly made the transformation to Super Sailor Pluto. "Let's go!"

Chiharu made a mad dash out the door, Setsuna following very closely. "Stand and fight!" Setsuna screamed. "Stand and fight me, if you're going to threaten us!"

Chiharu suddenly stopped running and whirled around. "You want to fight me, Setsuna?!" Chiharu stuck out both hands, and called out, "Metallic lightning!" In a blinding flash, white lightning seemed to fly straight from Chiharu's hands and enveloped Setsuna in a stinging rage. Setsuna screamed in pain, dropping her garnet rod to the floor and falling on her hands and knees, gasping for air. Blood dripped from her eyes like tears at the horrible pressure in her head.

"Is that what you wanted?! I hope you got it, you miserable bitch! You can't fight me! You can't do it! You tell Sailor Moon that she can't get me, no matter how hard she tries. Chiharu's unfuckingdefeatable!" Chiharu screamed, a hysterical laugh biting at the edge of her words. As her laughter died, her image faded out.

Setsuna groaned, and as she began to fall to the floor, her costume flickered on her body and then disappeared completely; leaving her in the simple white camisole and panties she had worn to bed. She was bleeding from the eyes and mouth, and luckily, the lightning had gone with the girl. She had attacked this time, and that was a bad thing. Setsuna found it an incredibly hard struggle to try to get herself up, and in the end, she didn't succeed. A few people started coming out of the apartments, and when they saw her, a few ran over and began asking questions, but Setsuna just let herself pass out.

You sleep now…

The doctors told Haruka it must have been a spat between Setsuna and her boyfriend. Haruka let them believe that. She knew that the girl from that night had finally gotten up the guts to attack. A capillary in Setsuna's head had burst, which caused her left eye to fill up with blood. The one on the right was not as bad. The doctor suggested that the boyfriend might've knocked her against the wall so hard that it had happened that way, and Haruka agreed. No sense in telling him the truth. Too much trouble would come out of it and not enough good.

The hospital had called Haruka at her and Michiru's apartment, telling her that Setsuna Meioh had been in some sort of accident, and she had given Haruka's name as her immediate contact. Haruka said that she'd be there right away. Haruka hated to wake Michiru, she'd helped Haruka in replacing the window, but she knew that Michiru would've wanted to come, and she had.

Setsuna had still been weak when Haruka and Michiru had taken her home, but there hadn't been any reason for her to stay in the hospital. She told them she would be more comfortable at home, anyway.

In the car, Michiru had already fallen asleep in the backseat, unable to keep her eyes open, as Haruka and Setsuna began to talk about what had happened.

"It was the girl from earlier tonight. I think her name is Chiharu."

"Did she say that it was?" inquired Haruka.

"Not outright. She was taunting me for trying to fight her, and she said, 'Chiharu's undefeatable.' I thought I could assume that was her name."

"I don't doubt it too much."

"I just woke up to her hands around my neck. I tried to do something about it and—well, you know." Setsuna sounded embarrassed and Haruka didn't blame her. She looked very tired, and something about it made Haruka a little sad. "What did you do about the window?" Setsuna wondered aloud, trying to change the subject.

"We replaced it," Haruka said dismissively. "Did this Chiharu character say anything else?"

"No," Setsuna answered. "She didn't say anything of any real importance." She was quiet for a moment, and then she cocked her head as thought something struck her. "Although…"

"What?" Haruka questioned after waiting a moment for an answer.

"I want to say that I remember her asking about Chibiusa, but I don't remember that. There wasn't any time for it."

"Are you sure? Are you sure she didn't ask you anything?" Haruka asked, parking the car beside the curb of the apartment building.

"No. I'm not sure. So let's pretend that she did."

"Why waste energy on that? We should focus on—"

Setsuna grabbed Haruka's arm so swiftly and so hard that it caused Haruka to cut off in mid-sentence with a small gasp. Setsuna's grip didn't hurt Haruka, but it was still shockingly strong. Setsuna looked at Haruka with eyes that were filled with determination and something else that Haruka was too surprised to be able to place.

"I won't let anything happen to Chibiusa. Nothing can happen to her." Tears filled Setsuna's bloody eyes and she turned and got out of the car. She shut the door, leaving Haruka stunned in the front seat, watching as Setsuna walked up the front sidewalk and into the building, wiping away the tears as she went.