Hey ya'll, I was actually finishing this chapter when I posted six, but as you all know FFN went down and no one was doing anything.

I have completed chapters eight through ten on paper (a first for me) and I'm currently in the process of typing them up. And by the grace of God or the Staff of FFN, I will have those chapters up by tomorrow, if FFN is still operational.

You know, Dove brought up a good point in her review; Endy's line can only produce males in this twisted tale. Yep, all boys, but then Helios has a older sister (check either chapter two or three of this book, she's mentioned) so I guess anything is possible, so let's continue with the votes.

Okay the notes below are old, I've been out town and only saw a computer once in two weeks and I haven't made any changes. So you can read them if you want or just ignore them.

Sean.

Special Hellos and Thanks to: BenRG (have you updated your retelling of the manga?), Crystaldove (you must post soon, I dying here and getting confused), Am. Serenity (Your story is the reason why I am confused. My God, how could you be so cruel? Is the next chapter out? Poor Darien, poor Serena, I hate Diamond! Alright, I gotta lay off the tea), Arabella (Hello) and Moonie (I love your pen name, it's so airy, it made me think of spring. Hey, umm, can I have it? ::Smile::) Commander Galos (What's up. Have you updated? Man, I love you stories. Update, please!) Kurio, (Hey, new chapter, that's all I've got to say to you. ::Grin::) and Nene (Hi. You are tough, but that's cool. Keep up the good work. Oh, I know you've updated, I saw it before FFN went down and I am not sure if I reviewed or not, but that is beside the point:  Don't kill Neptune! It's your story, yes, I understand that, and you can kill whom ever you want, but man, that's just a cold way to go. I hope Selene gets hers but good.)

Okay, for all who are doing double duty and are reading that other story that lacks a name, I hate to tell you, but I have scraped the fourth version of chapter ten, for some reason, I'm not feeling it so I'm on rewrite number five and cross your fingers, I hope to have it out after I come back from little trip down south.

Now, for you poor, neglected souls who are reading Consequences, that nameless story, and The Martinque Princesses, I'm working on Chapter Five, I have to edit it, proofread, and edit some more. I will e-mail when I post the next chapter and for those who reviewed without signing in, I will just notify in the Author Notes of both Consequences and that other story. 

Alright people, this is an Alternate Reality/ Universe fic. None of the situations are real, if, by chance the characters and circumstances mimic any persons living or dead, it was merely coincidental. (I've always wanted to say that.)

I don't own Sailor Moon, I'm just a fan who writes to Bubba Sparks and the Xenogears Soundtrack. (I'm seriously giving up tea, it make me strange.)

Relax, enjoy, and review. ^_^

Sean!

Chapter Seven

        Sailor Pluto appeared in the silvery white corridor and concentrated briefly on the stone slab and four clocks appeared on the blank wall before her. Inside the four chambers, she could feel the very minutes as they went by like days, the seconds down to hours. Then it stopped. She straighten, her crystal Time Key Staff appeared in her hands and she rapped the butt on the marble floor three times and the doors reappeared and swung open.

           "Ladies and gentlemen," She called out. "The day have passed, you may leave the chamber now."

        Before she saw the Senshi and the Guardians, she felt the power. Power of the Elements, spiritual energy came at her dizzying waves that almost sent Guardian of Time to her knees. Weakly, she leaned heavily on her staff, trying to regain her composure as the power continued to slam into her.

           "Pluto!" Arms wrapped around her waist, supporting her.

She looked up to see the concerned face of Eros. She pulled herself together, hastily building her mental shields as the Queen had taught her. She stepped back from Eros and plastered a weak smile on her face as she leaned against the wall. "I'm alright, Eros, I just for got to set up my psychic walls when you all came out."

Eros nodded, knowing all to well what it must have felt like to be a lesser Senshi feeling the power of a Greater one and not protecting her psyche.

  "What news of Terra, Lady Pluto?" Kris asked respectfully.

Pluto finally looked at the ensemble group and her eyes went wide.

Eros frowned slightly. She followed Pluto's line of sight to the others and her chin dropped.

   "What?" Bella snapped, the stopped, "Great Ares" She raised one hand to her mouth and with the other pointed to Eros. "What happened to you?"

   "I could ask you the same," Eros quipped. She then looked at all her Senshi, taking in all their physical changes. One thing was certain; none of them would ever pass for terrans ever again. Athena Diana was more delicate in appearance and very cold. The ice blue of her skin was more pronounced, her features were extremely lovely and exquisite which pronounced her alienisms louder than her complexion. Pale bluish white hair hung down her back and over her shoulders like frozen water over a glacier. Besides her standing tall and proud was Xanthe. Her sea blue hair flowed like water over her. She was still graceful and elegant as one of the daughters of Neptune was implied to be, but the slight increase of muscles on her frame made enhanced her figure as well as made her appear stronger. One look at Apollo showed that he most defiantly liked the new look. And the Senshi of Uranus was not to be forgotten. He did not pack on a great deal of muscle, but he wasn't close to the lean little man who walked into the chamber a day ago. Shrewd dark blue eyes looked out of a slightly more defined masculine face. The boyish youthfulness was gone and the promise of a life time ago was finally revealed.

Nike was watching her fellow Senshi with seemingly uninterested forest green eyes. She was indeed taller now and slender too, her muscle mass toned down from what it was before.  Her hair was a darker rose, but still in it's familiar single braid. Small currents of lighting danced beneath the surface of her skin as was positive energy, good will and strength, victory. Eros gasped, they were standing in the presences of a God.

   "Nike," she gasped, "You are—you have?"

The Goddess of Victory nodded. "When I transcended Celestial, my true persona awoke and I shucked the last of my humanity and embraced my destiny as the Goddess of Victory, child of nature and the storms."

   "You are no longer Senshi," Eros said sadly.

Nike shook her head, "I will always be a Senshi," she told her. "It is in soul to be one."

Bellona step forward slightly, her scarlet hair moving slightly as if it were a living flame, "Eros, I feel my Grandfather calling to me." She told her. Eros signaled for her to continue, "Something has happened."

   "What?" Eros demanded. "Is something wrong with the Princess?"

Bellona shook her head, "He's not sure," she told her. "But it does concern both she and Endymion."

Pluto cleared her throat, "That is where I come in." She said.

   "This is no time to be cryptic, Pluto," Eros snapped, "Is the Princess alright?"

   "And my brother?" Kris asked quickly. "Is okay?"

Pluto held up one hand, "Yes, they are both well and safe." She assured them, "Lord Artemis and Terran are with them along with all the soldiers of Terra and King Hermes. All is well."

******

Serenity did a back flip, escaping the blast of gold energy that destroyed the spot she had just been in. While in mid twist, she expanded her wings, her silver sword coming out of its sheath with a deadly hiss and with a powerful beat, she charged forward, swinging her blade low. The air sang when the silver met diamond hard steel. She was forced back, she glided upwards and her opponent following her, just as she had hoped. Serenity threw back her left hand and streams of silver energy shot from her hand down at him. His image blurred, then he disappeared all together.

Serenity looked about wildly and came face to face with mocking violet eyes with gold flecks in them. She moved to punch him, but the blow was deflected. She countered with kicks, but he just wouldn't go down.

She raised her sword only to have it slapped away and Endymion grabbed her sword arm twisting it behind her back.

   "Ow!" She cried out and tried kicking him again, time she connected with his groin and he did let her go and he fell out of the air holding himself and moaning in pain.

   "You cheated," Endy gasped as she floated down.

Sere glared at him. "You almost broke my arm!" She yelled at him. "What the hell do you think I am?" She screamed. "That hurt!"

He buried his face in the mat and groaned, "It was meant to hurt." He barked. "What do think we do in here? Play nice?"

She ignored him and stepped over his prone body, but she made sure to hit him with her wings. "When Athena and Eros get here, they are going to gang up on you and beat you!" With that she headed straight for the showers.

Endy laid there a few moments more until he was sure he could walk. He teleported from the training room to his own rooms and headed for the shower.  He and Serenity had been training all morning since Artemis and Terran were busy. Darien was off with Endy's valet and Erebus doing whatever kids enjoyed doing.

He had hoped to use that time with Sere to talk to her, to really talk about them and their relationship. Last night revealed once again how little they truly knew each other as individuals in this lifetime and it bothered him to say the least.

How could he love someone as much as he claimed if he had never had a real conversation with her? The only time actually spoke to one another was during that mess in Tokyo and that was when they first met in this life. It was also in that meeting that Serenity tried to distance herself from him and over the past year, she had been doing it increasingly now that she was on the moon. It didn't matter that in the last few days they had managed to become closer. Sure she seemed to be accepting him and his attentions, but was going to happen once they defeated the Accursed One? Were things going to be as they once were, with space and their differences separating them?

He stepped out of the shower and pulled on his robe. He walked out of the bath, toweling off his hair. He was grateful that Sere was able to defy his DNA and change his hair back to its familiar black. She vowed that she could never stand to look at him with purple hair for the rest of their lives and frankly, neither could he. His computer said he had mail, his phone was flashing its infamous red light and Serenity was sitting his chair next to the hearth blushing—He mentally backtracked and physically turned back to the furiously blushing Crown Princess of the Silver Millennium and he laughed.

  "What are you doing here, Serene?"

  "Serena." She told him. He raised a brow in question. She glanced at his face to see if he was mocking her, but was surprised to see the thoughtful considerate expression on his face and she relaxed. "I like to be called Serena." She told him.

He nodded, "Then Serena it is." He told her. She smiled her gratitude. "I'm assuming that there was something you wished to discuss, Serena?"

She blinked in confusion. No snide comments or endearments or threats? Serena wondered had she kicked him to hard? But she kept her comments to herself and chose to leave. She averted her eyes as she rose from her seat.

   "You were getting dressed," she said nervously. "I'll come back—"

   "No, stay," he said quickly. At her scandalized expression he clarified, "I mean, just wait. We can talk, but let me step into my dressing room and I'll be right back." He hurried over to one of the doors on the left side of the room, he glanced back at her, "I won't be more than a couple minutes." He stepped inside and closed the door.

Serena sat down and looked at his room critically. Dark blues and golds were the prevalent tones. High floor to ceiling windows allowed sunlight to pour in on all sides when the heavy blue satin drapes were thrown back. Since it was summer, all the windows and the balcony doors were opened to allow the cool mountain breeze to flow in.

The mansion sat in a secluded valley hidden deep within the northern Scottish Mountain range. Serena could close her eyes and feel the magic in this place and understood for the first time why Ananke could never touch Endymion or the others when they were here. Serena reached out as far as she could with her soul and she felt harmony and dreams. The golden light rubbed against her crystal heart, drawing in her silver light like a magnet. She hadn't been at peace in so long; the light understood that and comforted her. She was not to worry about the trivial things and to trust her heart and not to fear, everything that was meant to be would occur in time and that she had only to be patient.

In the golden light appeared a man with laughing silver eyes and a quirky smile.

   "Don't worry, Princess," he said but his mouth never moved, "Trust in yourself and Endymion, the Gods do. Independent, you two are the strongest beings in the stars; But together, your are mythical."

   "I don't understand?" She whispered.

He merely smiled, "Yes, you do, Serenity. Remember what Lady Persephone told you. The five possible futures?"

She nodded.

   "When Ananke tried to manipulate destiny and bring about the world desired by Chaos, Chance interceded and the six versions warped themselves and there were three."

        Her face reflected her confusion, "But how?" She asked him.

        He knelt before her and took her hands into his, "Chaos never counted on Artemis, Terran, or Ares surviving. It dismissed them as insignificant and focused on destroying you and Endymion as well as the Senshi of this system.  And it ignored the Queen until it was too late. Endymion has his support systems and has been well grounded since his father and stepmother's deaths and your mother stepped in and protected you from Luna and Bellona's attacks and denied Pluto contact with you until you were strong enough to stand against all your attackers and force your own evolution as a Senshi and become Cosmos." He looked at her frankly then, "You changed destiny when you chose to become a Senshi." She started to protest but he went on, "It has nothing to do with Luna giving you the false broach and telling you to be Sailor Moon. Your mother was the Celestial Senshi of the White Moon, Sailor Moon. Your grandmother was the Senshi of the System, Sailor Cosmos. You were never meant to be a Senshi, your descendants were, but that day when you told Endymion that you would beat him to Metallia, you chose to take up the mantel not as Eternal Sailor Moon, you were, even then, Cosmos and you changed destiny forever."

        Serena blinked, "What does this mean?" she asked. Fear showed in her silver eyes.

        He shrugged, "I don't know," he looked away from her and ran a hand through his short whitish blond hair. "But I came to warn you, Chaos will try to kill you. It is sending one of its followers to this time with a strange group who should not existed after you left the Senshi.

They a group of renegades who were in exile and came together with this agent of Chaos destroy Terra. But when the timeline changed, they were left facing Sailor Cosmos and a slew of pissed off Alpha and Celestial and Eternal Senshi from throughout the system as well as planets filled with interplanetary Senshi who wanted nothing more than stomp a hole in some crazy degenerates."

        Serena raised a brow when his formal speech changed to vernacular. "Just who are you and how do you know some much about what is going?"

        He coughed nervously. "Umm, ahh, I'm close friend of the family."

        She gave him a look. "You're shielding." She said coolly.

        He looked at her helplessly. "Look, I'm breaking all sorts of rules just by talking to you. Can't you be fair and accept that what I'm saying as the truth and let it go at that?" He retorted.

           "I never said I did not believe you," Serena told him. "I just want to know who I have been talking too all this time so may thank you for your assistance."

        He stared at her warily. Then he leaned forward and whispered his name into her ear then sat back, grinning like a cherisher cat at the stunned look on her face. "Remember, don't tell anyone about this meeting or me, especially Endymion." He winked at her. Messy bangs fell over his brow into his silver eyes as he stood up. "I'll see you around, your Highness. Maybe." and he walk away into the gold light then he was gone.

        Serena came out of her trance in a flash. She shook her head and a couple times, she heard the door to the dressing room open, she looked up quickly to see Endy stepping out. His hair was still damp and he looked remarkable comfortable bare foot and shirtless, the only thing he had on was a pair of loose khakis. She was confused, it seemed as if she had been talking for half and hour, but only a couple minutes had passed.

        Endy saw her thoughtful expression and tapped her cheek with his forefinger as he passed. She looked at him, "You look like you have something heavy on you mind, Princess." He pulled up an ottoman and sat down in front of her. "You want to talk about it?"

           "When the others arrive," she told him. "I came to talk to you about us—and Darien."

        He nodded slowly. "Alright." He blew out a breath and then looked at her quizzically. "Is there an 'us' to talk about, Serena?" he asked.

        That question cut her straight to the quick. Serena started to reach for his hands but she shifted back in her chair and folded her legs under herself. "I don't know," she said honestly. She bit her bottom lip nervously, and then let it go. "Endy—Endymion, I want, more than anything for us to be together, in my heart. But in my head, I can't see us together at least not in a relationship that is mutually beneficial and healthy for us emotionally."

        He nodded. "We really haven't taken time to learn anything about each other." He conceded, "I will admit that I was trying pick up where we left off in our past and go on from there—"

           "That wasn't such a bad thing," she interjected, "And it helps to know that you realized your mistake as have I; I know I'm not blameless in this entire thing. I was playing with you, pitting you against my mother and dangling myself out like some damned prize. It wasn't fair to any of you."

        He laughed at her description of herself. "You're right," he teased, "It wasn't fair. But I can understand why you were doing it, for the most part."

        She smiled her most charming smile and offered him her hand. "Shall we declare a truce, your Majesty, and end all of our fighting?"

        He took her tiny hand and shook it. "Not all the fighting, Princess." He said with a wicked grin, "Life can become stale without something to enliven it."

        She laughed, "Alright, so we will fight, but not as maliciously as we been doing and will try be each other's friend as well lover."

           "I have no problem with that."

           "What are we going to do with Darien?" She asked.

        Endy shook his head. "Nothing until we talk to Pluto and the others." He told her, "I can't even begin to ponder why he was sent here."

           "When will Pluto and the others arrive?"