Serena Tsukino curses under her breath as she sprints full out towards school, her two companions keeping pace with her, here she was, in a new dimension for the last two years and she still had to run to school. One change had been she now had long dark hair she kept in a braid, and dark green eyes, looking at her watch she kicks in the afterburners, refusing to be late. All three skid into their homeroom just in time. During the week Serena and her boyfriend Ryo Sanada stayed at Rowen Hashiba's home, weekends they were at Mia Koji's home.

At lunch their friends look at them, " Why were you nearly late this time, hmm? " this was asked by the auburn haired Cye Mouri.

Serena sighs at this, " This time's on me, they couldn't wake me up. "

Ryo and Rowen both look at her in concern, she'd been trapped in her memory of the betrayal of her sisters in arms. They'd both seen flashes of it, Rowen because he was her sworn protector and Ryo, well neither of them knew how Ryo had seen what Rowen had. Except maybe Serena and she wasn't going to explain anything about that, all she said was that Ryo had to figure it out for himself. Sage Date, the blonde with violet eyes sighs at this, whatever had brought her to them was still haunting her and that talking cat of hers as well. Her little brother seemed to be doing better, but maybe because he was further removed from the situation.

Serena was currently digging into her food to keep Kento ReiFaun from stealing hers and then she moves on to Ryo's food. Ryo grabs her wrist gently but firmly, " Now, Rena, just what do you think you're doing? "

Serena turns to look at him, " You weren't eating it, Ryo. "

" Not everyone has an appetite like yours and Kento's, Rena. " Ryo replies.

Serena manages to snag Rowen's brownie before he could stop her and she just gives him the look that said I dare you to tell me I can't have this. Rowen glares at her, there were times he absolutely hated the fact that she could rank on him, and this was one of those times. It absolutely pissed him off, but then again, it made his hime happy so he could live with it. " Dude, why don't you ever stop her? " Kento asks him.

Rowen looks at the burly, ash haired teenager, " Because she is the Queen of Pranks and for the most part I live with her. "

Serena grins, " Ah, what's the matter, Touma-chan, can't handle a mind even more devious than yours. "

" Don't you chan me or I use your Japanese name, Serena. " Rowen snaps.

" You swore on the Ancient's Staff and Ronin Honor that you wouldn't, Touma-chan. " Serena fires back.

Sage grins, Rowen would never go back on that swear, and Serena knew it, she knew how much Rowen hated his Japanese name, " Watch it, Korin no Seiji, or you're tha target of my next sug'ah rush. "

Sage grimaces at his Japanese title coming from his best friend, Rowen would get even with him. Rowen and Serena, for some reason just had to fight with one another, but these were the fights that marked a strong, close friendship. Sage was still trying to figure out how Ryo ended up getting Serena, though even he could see the bond between them, he doubted Ryo knew it even existed or why he knew at certain times when Serena needed him. Serena, on the other hand, was perfectly well aware of the bond and had told Sage that Ryo had to figure it out for himself.

Serena still had her bubbly personality, though for the past two years, when the guys weren't around Ryo had been training her. He was currently working on using his infamous twin katanas with her. He was amazed at how fast she was able to pick things up, though to make them both happy, she pretended to take longer and mess up the forms so he could correct her. Ryo had yet to let go of her wrist, a fact all the guys noted. All four were wondering what Serena would do to get him to release her. No one noticed what her free hand was doing under the table, though Ryo sure as hell knew, and hated that he would be the one to lose this round.

The guys were watching their leader intently and could see his eyes darkening, while at the same time he was fighting to keep himself relaxed. Sage smirks at this, Serena played dirty, but this was the longest Ryo had lasted so far. Serena's free hand, the whole time, after she had eaten her stolen brownie, had been slowly inching up Ryo's right thigh. He was getting better at resisting her in public, though she knew how far she could go as well. Her hand crept up inch by agonizing inch. Ryo finally lets go of her wrist, giving in, and if they hadn't been at school, would have pulled her into a kiss that would get them both in trouble.

Since Ryo didn't have soccer practice after school, and the guys knew he needed some time with Serena, they split off from the pair. At the park he drags her to their training ground, Serena had made it so no one else could find it, and pins her to a tree, kissing her fervently. She let him dominate for the moment, she knew how on edge he'd been after her stunt at lunch, but now he was getting her heated up. A low moan emanates from her, telling Ryo he needed to ease off a bit, unless he wanted to risk becoming a father any time soon. " Rena, it's getting harder on me to just not take you. "

" Chikuso, Ryo, anata ga kaishi shita mono shuryo. " Serena mutters.

Ryo sighs, " Gomen, Rena. " If Serena got aroused too much then it literally hurt for her, she had to have the edge taken off, by the one who had brought her to that point. The tiger blue eyed teen kisses her again, this time his hands skimming down her sides, as he starts to trail kisses down her jawbone, to her neck, and, he had discovered this recently, the sensitive point behind her ear, this he sucks on gently, eliciting another moan from his Moon Princess. He grins at this and continues to work his way down. As much as he wanted to have her completely, it wasn't the right time yet. When his questing fingers reach their goal and stop Serena nearly whimpers.

" Don't tease, not now, or I may just jump you. " she murmurs.

" My wicked aijin, I'm not stopping, not by a long shot, but I am prolonging this for both of us. " Ryo murmurs. Keeping things slow he starts to bring Serena closer to her peak and groans when Serena's hands cup him through his uniform, they both topple over the edge together, Ryo falling back on the grass behind him, bringing Serena down with him.

" Serena, have I mentioned lately that I love you? "

She was cuddled against him, having used her powers to erase the evidence of their little moment. " Well, that's the first time today. "

Ryo sighs, contentment washing over him in waves, most of the time he was content to just have Serena is his arms, where he knew she was safe. Today was going to be just for them, no training, no guys, homework was already done, and no fighting evil. No one could get into their training space or find them there. Rowe had a general idea where they were, but he respected that it was their spot. The Wildfire Ronin runs an absent hand down her back and back up, not really conscious of what he was doing.

His actions had Serena relaxing even further against him and slowly the pair drift off to sleep together. Ryo only realized they had fallen asleep when he heard the fear filled whimpers. He sits up, cradling Serena in his arms, and just brushes his fingertips against her left cheek. Serena jolts awake and Ryo soothes her through the aftermath of her nightmare. No one else could even get near her after she'd had a nightmare except for White Blaze and Artemis, but only he could soothe the tremors that overtook her. A betrayal the likes of which she had faced cut very deep, it didn't surprise him that she hadn't healed from it yet.

Her tremors slowly ceased but she still remained tense, " Aijin, you know I will never betray you. "

" I know, Ryo. " Serena says softly, unwilling to leave the warmth and comfort of his arms just yet. For some reason the power of the Wildfire never bothered her and she knew Ryo always had his armor with him, just like she had her broach with her. A broach that was down to Crystal Power, now.

Ryo runs a hand up and down her arm and she can feel the tension flow away, " As much as I'd like to stay here forever, if Rowen attempts to cook we'll have to stay with Kento. "

That got Ryo to his feet and this was all accomplished with Serena still in his arms, " You and me, tomorrow, a movie and a walk in the park, sound good? "

Serena smiles, " Sounds great, now put me down, and grab our school bags otherwise you'll find out what it's like in detention. "

Ryo sighs before relinquishing his hold on her, he always felt the loss when she left his arms, it was getting to be unbearable for him. He grabs their school bags and they start the walk to Rowen's home. Ryo wrapping his arm around her, needing the contact with her. Later that night, once Serena's out for the night Rowen looks at his leader, " Go on, you barely get any sleep when you're not close ta Serena anymo'ah. "

Ryo groans, dropping his head onto Rowen's shoulder, " I can't take the separation much longer, Ro, hell, it's all I can do to keep my hormones reigned in. How did this happen to me? "

Rowen sighs, " Ya fell in love, Ryo. Yer lucky, ya found tha one gal that's the oth'ah half of ya. "

Every piece suddenly fits together for Ryo, remembering what Artemis had told him about soul bonds, and his half of the bond fully awakens, allowing him to sense his hime's emotional state. A whole floodgate of memories deluged him causing him to pitch forward. Only Rowen's quick reflexes saved him from hitting the floor. " Ryo, what's goin' on, buddy? "

" Rowen, if I ever see Queen Serenity remind me I want to send her soul to Shinigami for Eternal damnation. That bitch is going to pay for making my Rena suffer. " Ryo says, his eyes hard, as he slowly regains his balance.

" Shimatta, you were Endymion's half-brother. " Rowen mutters.

" Yeah, and that bitch killed me, in front of Rena. " Ryo says.

" Then how did you get here? " Rowen asks him.

" The Ancient One, since I was one of his warriors he took charge of my soul, and promised me that I would see my princess again. " Ryo answers.

The bond snaps taut then and Ryo flinches, " No, don't let her remember that, not now. "

With that said he teleported straight to Serena and shakes her awake. She nearly bowled him over as she bolted into his arms, " Shh, I've got you and this time your damn mother isn't going to separate us. "

" Ya got that right, even if I have to use the crystal to make sure of that. Psycho bitch queen, but how… ? "

Ryo explains how he'd come to be reborn again as he makes himself comfortable, as he'd learned, Serena couldn't get back to sleep without him. He had also learned she still had her fear of thunderstorms as well. He learned that one the hard way at Mia's shortly after she had arrived. The Moon Princess snuggles into her true prince and in a short while was back to sleep. When morning rolled around it was Sage's turn to stop by and make sure they were at least up. He heads for Serena's room first and finds a familiar picture.

He knew exactly how nightmare prone Serena was and also knew that she could only get back to sleep in Ryo's arms. Deciding to wake Rowen first he heads for the blue haired genius' room. He shoves him out of bed and Rowen flips him off before getting up, then Sage heads back for Serena's room and shakes his leader awake. Ryo's eyes slit open, but slide back shut, too damn tired from the recovery of his previous life's memories. Rowen looks at his leader and drags Sage out the door, texting his dad to call Ryo and Serena off. Though he had grabbed their homework to turn in.

" What gives, Rowen, why are you letting them sleep? "

Rowen sighs and reaches along his link with Serena, Can I tell Sage?

He senses her contemplate this and then gets her ascent, but only if Sage was sworn to secrecy afterwards. " It's like dis, Sage, Serena's from a different dimension, a fight'ah fer good, like us. Thing is, all but one of 'er sist'ahs in arms betrayed 'er, attackin' 'er while Sammy was wit' 'er. She jist as she was gettin' ready ta use 'er powers Artemis came racin' up an' leapt onta 'er back wit' the kittens in 'is backpack. She asked ta be sent somewhere dat the trait'ahs couldn' find 'er. In 'er previous life Serena was the Princess of the Moon and dat damn bitch she had ta call 'er moth'ah bethroved 'er ta the wrong Earth prince. "

Sage freezes, " Of course, that explains the connection between Ryo and Serena. Ryo was the one she was supposed to be with back then, right? "

" Yeah, an' poor Ryo got walloped ov'ah da head wit' his memories las' night. Serena 'ad mo'ah return ta 'er too, they need da sleep. " Rowen says.

" How do you fit into all of this? " Sage asks.

" I'm tha Prince of Mercury and my idiot sist'ah is goin' ta pay fer betrayin' our princess. " Rowen answers.

" So, you and Ryo were reincarnated away from Serena, probably because you two would have never allowed her to marry the wrong guy. "

" Shoulda let Ryo kill 'im back then, but no, 'ad ta let the Queen of Venus judge him for damn near raping tha Moon Princess. " Rowen snarls, " Better yet, shoulda had Hotaru deal wit' 'im. "

Sage looks at him, " Hotaru? "

Rowen sighs, " Princess Hotaru of Saturn, the Sailor Scout of Death and Rebirth, last one loyal to Serena, and back then she was my wife. "

Sage's eyes widen at this bit of information, " No wonder you don't look at any of the girls here, you already found your perfect girl. "

" Yeah, but Serena told me dat in their battle wit' Mast'ah Pharaoh 90 Hotaru had ta start ov'ah as a baby, when Galaxia controlled by Chaos came a callin' Hotaru grew up to three years of age physically. Until she regains her true form an' age I'm outta luck. " Rowen says and then makes tracks for school Sage hot on his heels while mulling over everything Rowen had told him.

It was noon when Ryo woke up and he silently thanks Rowen for letting him sleep. Serena had him literally pinned in place. " My Rena, you're going to have to let me up. "

Serena sighs, " Fine, but you better come right back. "

After his necessary trip to the bathroom Ryo makes his way back to his princess. He knew she normally slept late, a holdover from living on the Moon, however, he was slightly worried. She never wanted to stay in bed past noon, and it was already past. He walks in to find her shivering, he curses at this. He'd forgotten about his healing abilities, but this was different. " Oh, shit. "

Ryo pales as he realizes what was happening, Endymion was going after her while she slept. He couldn't find her, but he could still torture her and Ryo was powerless to stop him. Because if he interfered then Endymion would know he was out there somewhere, " Dammit. Kayura, I need you and the Warlords, now, and so help me if I have to go into the Dynasty to get you. "

All four seasonal armor bearers teleport in, when Ryo used that tone you jumped to obey, " What do you need, Ryo? "

" I need you four to go into Serena's dream world and help her. I'd do it myself, but due to circumstances beyond my control I can't. " Ryo says, his tiger blue eyes glittering dangerously.

" I don't know how. " Kayura says.

Ryo sighs and goes over to Kayura, imparting to her the knowledge she needed, including his past with the Moon Princess. Kayura's eyes widen at this and she looks at her leader, " Ancient One, no wonder we couldn't beat you. We'll help her beat this, Ryo. "

Ryo nods and watches as they all slump to the ground. It killed him that he couldn't go save Serena himself, but Endymion didn't know Kayura and the Warlords and with the spell he had taught Kayura he wouldn't remember either, though once Serena was awake Ryo was going to make it so her dream world was safe.

Serena's Dream World:

" Okay, this looks like some sort of palace. " Sekmet says.

Kayura blinks at this observation and from the memories Ryo had shared with her she recognized the Imperial Palace on the Moon, " This is the Moon Kingdom, we are in Princess Serenity's dream world, or as we know her through Ryo, Serena Tsukino, she came to our world from a different dimension and Ryo was reborn in ours, along with Rowen. "

" So, we're looking for someone who looks like Serena, and we have to help her fight off whatever or whoever is attacking her here. " Dais says.

" Which is Ryo's half-brother from his first life, Prince Endymion. The spell Ryo taught me to get us in here will make it so Endymion will not remember us should we ever run across him again. " Kayura answers.

" So, we have to save Ryo's girlfriend from death in here, which could very possibly result in her dying in the waking world and us being killed by Ryo. " Kale sums up.

" Watashi kara ittaite shutoku ni wa, kira kuso! " They all hear a female scream.

Kale grins, " Got a mouth on her for a princess. "

" Kesshite, ojo wa, anata ga, anata wa itsumo watashi ni watashi no mono zokushimasushimasen narimasu. Watashi was itsu demo anata wa watashi kara nogareru koto wa dekinai, watashi wa anatakokoroni shin'nyu suru koto mo dekimasu. Yoi on'nanoko no yōna watashiu ni makeru to, watashi wa sore ga amarini mo itaku naru koto wa arimasen yakusoku. " They hear another voice taunt.

Kale vanishes into the shadows, zeroing in on where everything was going down. Kayura and the others maneuver to flank Prince Endymion and protect Princess Serenity, " Avia at, adiuva me. Quid feci tormentorum genere mereri?"

" No one can help you now, Serenity. "

A sword at Endymion's throat pulls him up short as three more come out to face him, " Leave now, before we thoroughly destroy you. " Sekmet says.

" Yes, we will not allow you to torment the princess. " Kayura says, readying the Ancient's Staff.

The owner of the sword, Kale, speaks next, " You are nothing but a spineless coward. Picking a fight that you have an unfair advantage in. "

Dais was the last to speak, and the one standing behind Endymion, " You are outmatched and outclassed, mortal, give up. "

Endymion smirks and then blinks as Kayura starts the incantation to remove him from the princess' dream world, Ryo had taught her that one as well. Once he is gone Serenity drops to her knees, " Ryo sent you, didn't he? "

" He did, you have him quite worried, princess. Once we leave you need to wake up, before Endymion tries again. " Kayura says and the Ancient's Staff flashes.

Waking World:

Ryo was nearly tackled by Serena as she bolts awake before the Warlords and Kayura can even sit up. He keeps his arms tight around her, murmuring in Ancient Elysianic, shielding her dreams from Endymion forevermore. The his murmurs turn to Ancient Lunarian as he slowly calms his princess down. The seasonal bearers watch this in fascination. Serena slowly loosens her hold on him and then blinks, " Make me food now, Ryo Sanada. "

Ryo groans, " Rena… "

" Or else I will cook. "

Serena's last cooking attempt zooms back into focus and Ryo races into the kitchen to make their breakfast/lunch. Kayura blinks as Serena grins, before walking into the kitchen to watch Ryo. She loved the way he moved. Ryo smirks, with his back turned to his girlfriend, he knew she was watching him again, it was her favorite thing to do, besides train with him, which more often than not anymore led to make out sessions. The seasonals stay for the meal and hear the whole story from Ryo and Serena.

Disclaimer: I do not own Ronin Warriors or Sailor Moon.

Author's Note: I will be providing translations in the order in which they come.

Japanese:

Chikuso, Ryo, anata ga kaishi shita mono shuryo= Dammit, Ryo, finish what you started.

Aijin= lover

Watashi kara ittaite shutoku ni wa, kira kuso= Get the hell away from me, you !#$%^& asshole.

Kesshite, ojo wa, anata ga, anata wa itsumo watashi ni watashi no mono zokushimasushimasen narimasu. Watashi was itsu demo anata wa watashi kara nogareru koto wa dekinai, watashi wa anatakokoroni shin'nyu suru koto mo dekimasu. Yoi on'nanoko no yōna watashiu ni makeru to, watashi wa sore ga amarini mo itaku naru koto wa arimasen yakusoku= Never, princess, you will be mine, you will always belong to me. You can't escape from me, I can invade your mind whenever I want. Give into me like a good girl and I promise it won't hurt too much.

Latin: Avia at, adiuva me. Quid feci tormentorum genere mereri= Grandmother, please help me. What did I do to deserve this kind of torment?

Well, there's the translations and I hope everyone enjoys the second chapter.