Latios and Emily

by EspeonAuraGirl55

(Sequel to Adventures of Emily Aino) Emily has been sent to another dimension filled with creatures called Pokemon. Now Emily needs to ally herself with these creatures if she ever wants to get back home. But can she trust them? And will she make it back in time? Or will the Dark Nebula succeed in their goals? (Multiple POVs please read the prequel story first before reading this)

4. Fight for the Future

Hey everyone sorry for another long wait, I had started writing this in October but then lots of stuff happened... Including my cat dying, but I'm back now.

Anyway last time we learned some more about everyone's past and were about to learn how Serena became Neo Queen Serenity. So that is what this chapter is going to be about, well mostly.

This chapter will be written a bit differently than the others I normally do flashback scenes in Italics but since most of this chapter will be a flashback scene I will just write it normally instead, hopefully that won't be confusing.

Either way I hope you like it and will continue to keep supporting this story. I know this one is kind of a mess in some places unlike the prequel but I am doing my best. So please stay tuned and read on.

Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon or Pokemon but all OCs are mine.

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( Serena)

18 years ago...

Serena had been headed to her part-time job at the bookstore after her class on political science at the university, when she had received the call. It was her brother telling her to come to their parents' as soon as possible. She immediately called her employer after that and told them she had a family emergency and couldn't come in that day.

Serena then hopped into her car and drove to her parents house. Serena had moved out of her parents house right after graduating high school and went to live with Darien, from there she started attending the local university and started working part-time to help her pay for tuition and rent. Darien helped her out with her studies when he could but he was normally very busy at the hospital.

After he had graduated from Harvard, Darien had been offered a job at the hospital where Ami worked part-time. Serena had been very happy for him since she knew this was his dream, and seeing him accomplish it had motivated her to work harder in school. Sure her grades had still been low but she had at least managed to graduate and get into one of the local universities. Currently she was only taking two courses, one on political science and the other was a creative writing course. She had decided to take the political science course to help her prepare for when she would become Neo Queen Serenity, and the creative writing so she could write about all her adventures over the past years.

She had taken the job at the bookstore and found out she was pretty good at recommending books to read for young people. Mostly because she had read lots of Manga as a teenager, which was another perk to the job. Not only was she paid to recommend and sell Manga she also got an employee discount on all the books in the store, which included Manga.

As she drove to her parents' house she wondered if she should call Darien to let him know what was going on, though as she neared the house and saw Sammy's car in the driveway along with a Police car, she paled. She also saw that her parents' vehicle was nowhere in sight and her stomach dropped. Serena felt nervous as she pulled in and she was practically shaking as she got out of the car. Serena's hand shook as she opened the door to her childhood home as she entered though she wondered if she should have knocked.

The two police officers and Sammy had looked her way as she entered the home. Sammy was sitting on the couch in the living room with tears in his eyes, but upon seeing Serena, the twenty year old man had rushed over to his older sister and hugged her.

"They're gone Serena…" She heard Sammy sob as he hugged her. "They're really gone…"

Serena looked up at the officers for confirmation as she hugged her younger brother and their grim faces told her everything she needed to know. Serena immediately felt sick and dizzy, and used Sammy to help steady herself, once she was sure she wasn't going to vomit she spoke to the officer closest to her.

"H-How did it happen?" Serena asked and she could hear how choked up she was. Oh how she wanted Darien here right now, why hadn't she called him?

"Your parents were at the grocery store when it happened miss Tsukino, as we were telling your brother here it seems they were just at the wrong place at the wrong time." The male officer told her as he gestured for her and her brother to take a seat.

"The store your parents were at, was where a robbery was taking place." The female officer was was seated in her father's chair then explained. "The suspect had a gun and well when the police arrived to the scene, he started shooting and your parents got caught in the crossfire, I am very sorry."

As she took everything in Serena could feel the hot tears building in her eyes before she started to bawl into her brother's shoulder. She wasn't just crying because her parents, the people who had raised her were dead, she was also crying because she had failed them. She was the Legendary Guardian Sailor Moon but when it mattered most she couldn't truly protect the ones she loved.

"We understand that this is a hard time for both of you. It's never easy hearing someone you loved has died no matter the circumstances." The male one then said to them as Sammy put his arm around his sister's shoulders.

"Yes and we hate to ask this of you but… could one of you come down to the morgue?" The female then asked. "We need someone to confirm it's them."

"Are you serious?!" Serena then asked them sounding appalled. She already felt like throwing up, she would do just that if she had to look at their motionless bodies. And she wasn't certain how well her brother would fair either.

The female officer flinched at her tone and tried to take a gentler approach. "I am sorry Miss Tsukino, but it's regulation to have a witness that was close to the victim or victims."

"I-I'll go sis." Sammy then spoke up. "I won't make you go through that."

"N-Now hold on just a minute Sammy, I'm the oldest I should do it." Serena said to her brother, while she didn't really want to, it was her job to protect her younger brother. Not the other way around.

"Serena, it doesn't matter who does it." Sammy said before giving her a serious look. "But it does matter on who can handle it. Serena, we both know for a fact that you can't handle it, and I don't wish to see you suffer just because you were trying to protect me."

Serena looked down ashamed now, first she couldn't protect her parents and now she couldn't protect her brother. What kind of Sailor Guardian was she if she couldn't protect her own family?

Sammy then lifted her head up to look at him again. "I'm not a little kid anymore Serena, you don't have to protect me anymore, this time please let me protect you from something that would haunt you."

Although reluctant, Serena finally agreed to let Sammy go to the morgue. Once he and the officers left Serena finally decided to call Darien. She sobbed as she told him that her parents were dead and she knew he could feel her pain because of their connection. He promised her that he would be there as soon as possible.

When she hung up, Serena pulled her knees to her chest and continued to sob. The pain in her heart was equivalent to being stabbed with a knife a few dozen times. She and the other scouts knew that the rise of crime in Tokyo and across Japan had been growing in the past few years but, because there was no evidence that this was the work of a new enemy they had decided to just let the police handle it. Well that was about to change. Serena knew it could be just the rage in her heart talking but it wasn't just her parents who had died because of this rise of crime, lots of innocent people had died in the past year alone.

If she and the others could just investigate why crime had increased so dramatically maybe they could pinpoint the source to all this unnecessary violence and put it to rest once and for all.

The next day Serena and the others met at Rei's temple, Darien was with her as well since he had taken the day off to spend time with her and help her cope in her time of need. She hadn't spoken to Sammy since he left for the morgue and while she hoped her little brother was okay she had bigger things to worry about.

"So what do we know?" Serena asked. "Ami?"

"Well we know that all of this started roughly around a year ago" Her blue haired friend answered as she started typing on her portable laptop. "I've been doing some investigating since you called last night and well I found something rather interesting."

"How interesting?" Lita then questioned her.

"Well you see while there isn't really a pattern between all these crimes there is a distinct connection between all the people who have committed them." Ami explained before typing something into her computer and turning it so she and the others could see. And the image on the screen shocked Serena more than it should have. It was a black crescent moon mark. "This mark was found on all the suspects that have committed a crime in the past year."

"The Black Moon?! Impossible!" Mina then shouted. "We defeated them years ago!"

"Correction we defeated them in the Future from which Rini came from." Artemis then corrected her.

"Artemis is right, when you girls and Darien defeated the Black Moon we had traveled to the future to do so, meanwhile our own current timeline had only seen those who had come from the future to change the past." Luna then chimed in.

"So what you're saying is, is that because they came from the future we have yet to see them here in our own timeline?" Rei asked.

"Precisely." Luna answered.

"You mean we're going to have to fight Ruby, Emerald, Sapphire and Prince Diamond again?! Oh this is truly a nightmare." Serena then moaned and leaned into Darien as his grip tightened around her. Serena was sure he remembered how Diamond had been obsessed with her and was probably not looking forward to seeing him again. Diamond had kidnapped her after all.

"Actually I'm not so sure it's them we'll be facing." Luna then said.

"What do you mean Luna?" Darien then finally spoke up.

"Well I'm not sure if you all remember but when we fought the Black Moon the first time but, Diamond wasn't the real enemy." Luna then reminded them and Serena remembered she was right, it had been Wise Man manipulating them.

"So it's Wise Man we'll be dealing with?" Serena questioned.

"His name isn't really Wise Man." Mina told her. "While you four were kidnapped I did some research in the Crystal Palace and I learned that his true name was Death Phantom, or at least what he chose to go by. And now that I think about it I remember reading how crime rose before he tried to take over everything."

"Exactly what's happening now, but I thought that happened after Serena became Neo Queen Serenity." Artemis then said.

"It's possible the timeline was thrown a bit out of whack when we all met our future selves." Ami stated "Not to mention with how much Rini traveled to the past."

"Ami's right." Serena then said with a sigh. "According to the King I was supposed to ascend to the throne when I was twenty-two. I'm now twenty-three and I still haven't become Neo Queen Serenity."

"So we somehow changed the future when we fought the Black Moon the first time? Is that what you are saying?" Lita asked sounding confused.

"Yes" the rest of them then said in unison.

"Time travel is annoying." Lita then commented. "So basically the only thing that is certain about the future is that Rini will be born?"

"I guess so." Rei said. "But we can't worry about that now, right now we need to know how to find Death Phantom. Ami what else does it say about the suspects?"

"Well according to this one reporter when they took the suspect to court, they claimed they couldn't remember anything that happened and that they were innocent." Ami said as she read the report.

"So he hypnotised them?" Mina asked her.

"It would appear so." Ami then answered her.

"Is there anything on there that will tell us what Death Phantom looks like?" Darien then asked.

Serena held her breath as Ami started searching again. She wanted to stop this before it was too late. And this time she would stop Death Phantom the right way. She remembered how her future self had regretted not killing him in the first place because of all the tragedy he had caused later on. She did not want the same thing to happen, she didn't want her precious daughter to feel so lonely and so unloved that she was able to be corrupted by Death Phantom and become Black Lady. She did not want Prince Diamond and his followers to become manipulated and ultimately die trying to protect her.

No. That won't happen. I know how the future might turn out. Nothing is certain it can still change. I just have to believe that and in myself. I can change the future. Serena thought to herself as she gripped Darien's hand a bit tighter waiting to hear Ami's answer.

"I'm sorry I can't seem to find anything about their confessions." Ami then told them with a frustrated sigh. "It seems that is all classified."

"So, what? That's it? We just sit around and wait till Death Phantom strikes?" Lita then asks sounding annoyed.

"I have a better idea." Serena then spoke up as she took out her Luna Pen. "We'll go get the information ourselves."

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(Serena)

"Serena this is crazy!" Rei whispered. "You and Mina could get into serious trouble!"

"Yeah I mean seriously using your disguise power to break into a police station to steal police reports?! This has to be the most reckless idea you've ever had!" Lita exclaimed.

"Relax would you? It's not like Serena is going alone, she'll have me." Mina whispered calmly as she took out her transformation compact.

"That really does not make us feel better Mina." Rei said to her.

After their meeting the other day Serena and the others had discussed how they would get the files that would hopefully contain a description of Death Phantom. She and Mina would disguise themselves as Police women and go into the station then they would either find or download the files they needed and get out of there. Plain and simple. Though the others were pretty against this plan. Darien had tried to talk her out of it at least twice last night, or she should say kiss-talk her out of it. Serena didn't want to admit it but it had almost worked.

But her resolve to bring about justice for, not only her parents but, for every person that had been killed because of Death Phantom's manipulation, overrode the effect that Darien seemed to have on her.

"Don't think of it as stealing, think of it as us borrowing the information to bring peace." Serena then said in hopes of calming their nerves. She hated seeing her friends like this but there was no other way to get the information. "We'll be fine don't worry so much."

"When it comes to you Serena, we can't help but worry." Lita then answered her.

"Lita's right, you're our Princess, Serena. It's our job to worry about your safety." Rei then told her. Ami had to work at the hospital this afternoon so it was just the four of them for this mission, Ami had provided the flashdrive they would be using though.

"And what am I?" Mina then asked them in a mocking tone that made it sound like she was offended but really she wasn't. "Chopped Liver?"

"Yes, yes we're worried about you too Mina." Lita then teased her. "Now hurry up before we change our minds about letting you two go."

Mina shook her head in amusement at the brunette before she turned to Serena. "Are you ready?"

"Ready as I'll ever be." Serena told her as she took a deep breath.

"Let's do this then." Mina said before she and Serena held their transforming devices to the sky.

"Disguise Power Make-up! Change me into a Police Woman!" Both of them then said in unison before a light engulfed them and changed them so they now looked like women of the force.

In matching Blue denim skirts, blue denim police jackets and white shirts underneath, Serena had to admit they looked pretty hot. Even though they also had to wear Police hats and high heels. She really hoped her old ways as a klutz wouldn't act up while she was in disguise.

"Whoa, okay you two look amazing." Lita commented impressed.

"Yeah, though I doubt Darien would be happy about you going in there looking like that Serena." Rei commented.

"What he doesn't know can't hurt him Rei." Serena said to her though she knew her friend was correct. Darien would probably try and insist going in with her if he could see her now. He tried to claim that he wasn't the jealous type, but he couldn't fool her. She knew that he glared at other men who tried to eye her up.

"You're lucky to have a man like Darien." Serena then heard Mina say in a sad tone that was barely above a whisper.

"Someday you'll have that too." Serena then said to her with a smile as she took her friend's hand. She knew that Mina's track record with guys was about as good as Lita's but as of this past year it seemed Mina was the only one who didn't have a boyfriend.

Rei and Chad have been together for almost as long as she and Darien have been now, while Ami had been reunited with Greg once she got to university and found that they were in the same one. Lita's new relationship on the other hand was fairly recent. Ken her long-time best friend had finally admitted to having gained a crush on her and asked her out just last month.

Serena didn't understand why Mina was having such a hard time finding a boyfriend. Perhaps it was because Yaten had to return with the other Starlights and her friend was still crushing on him? No, surely Mina would have told them by now if it was because of that. Yaten had been gone for years now after all and Mina hadn't mentioned him at all. So why was Mina the only one having a hard time finding a boy. As Guardian of Love and Beauty, one would think that it should be easy for her to find the perfect guy, but apparently that was not the case for Mina. Before Serena could ponder it anymore though Mina pulled her from her thoughts by hugging her.

"Thanks Serena, that means a lot coming from you." Mina told her and Serena returned the hug.

"I mean it Mina, someday you will find someone that will give you the love you deserve." Serena told her before she pulled away. "But right now we have a mission to accomplish."

"Yeah, you're right." Mina answered before she looked to the police station in question. "We should get going, we won't get any answers about Death Phantom if we just stand here."

Serena just nodded as she and Mina headed for the building.

"Good luck you two!" Lita called out to them as they exited the alley.

Little did Serena know though that she wasn't the only one doing some snooping.

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(Sammy)

Sammy felt bad for not having contacted Serena for the last two days but he figured it was best if she didn't know what he was up to. She would probably have tried to talk him out of it, but he couldn't just let their parent's murder go unavenged. After he had gone to the morgue, the officers had asked him to come back to the station to answer some questions.

Sammy had been grateful that they were asking him and not his sister, who must be a total wreck by now. Hell so was he but the only thing keeping him from breaking down was the fact that he could potentially find his parent's true murderer.

He had requested to see the suspect they believed had shot their parents that day. The suspect they brought in though was not what he thought a murderer should look like.

The man in question looked to be barely older than his sister, he was about 6'2'', had black hair and might have been considered good looking if he didn't look so petrified. Yeah that's right the supposedly stone blood killer looked petrified and was shaking like a leaf as the Police dragged him into the room with the one-way mirror. Sammy could see the man, but the man couldn't see Sammy. And from what Sammy could see, he didn't look like a killer. He didn't look capable of the act he had committed. The man even kept shouting that he was innocent and that it had been the guy with glowing red eyes' fault.

It was during all that shouting that Sammy was able to catch sight of something. On the man's forehead was a black upside down crescent moon mark. He was certain that he had seen that mark somewhere, years ago, back when their long lost cousin Rini had been visiting. So, when Sammy got home he did some research on that mark and found out that everyone who had committed a crime in the past year had that same mark.

From the reports he read from news sites it seemed every suspect had the same story as well. They all claimed that they were innocent and don't remember ever committing any sort of crime. This new information had gotten Sammy determined to find the real person responsible for his parents' murder and to bring him to justice. Afterall that's what his long time idol Sailor Moon would do right? Besides he owed it to himself, his sister and their parents to find this guy before anyone else got hurt.

He'd idolized Sailor Moon since he was a kid, especially after she saved him and his best friend, now girlfriend, Mika. She inspired him to be brave in the face of danger, which was why he was currently going to school to become a Firefighter. Technically he didn't need to go to college to be one but he knew it would make his parents happy if he at least took a course or two just so he would have some kind of college education under his belt.

Like Serena, Sammy had decided to move out after graduation. He decided to rent an apartment close by to his parent's place with his girlfriend Mika. They had become high school sweethearts years ago and were still going strong and she was the only person besides his sister that still called him Sammy. Everyone else usually called him Sam or his given name Samuel now.

When Mika had heard what happened to his parents she had broken down crying and told him how sorry she was for his and his sister's loss. She had even tried to convince him that they should all have a get together the next day but Sammy had told her no. It was too soon and he knew his sister well enough to know that she needed a day or two to herself.

So instead Sammy had decided that he would pay the suspect another visit again the next day. Which brought him back to his current situation, the guy hadn't been able to give him much but he had given him an address of where he had last seen the red eyed man. Which was where Sammy was headed now. He didn't expect to find much so he had just told Mika that he would be home in time for dinner. He didn't want her to worry about him so just like Serena he had decided to keep her in the dark about what he was really up to.

Of course the address that had been given to him had to be on the other side of the city by the docks, in an abandoned warehouse.

"This is such a cliche place to meet a bad guy." Sammy muttered to himself as he parked beside the warehouse, which despite being abandoned still had some crates inside. So, perhaps the man had been here to move the remaining crates when he met the one with glowing red eyes.

As Sammy got out of the car though he felt uneasy and wondered if he should have told someone about what he was up to after all. He could have told the police, but they weren't likely to believe him nor was he certain that he would find anything here, but he had to try.

Going over to peek into the window of the warehouse Sammy thought he saw something move in the shadows, but it turned out to be just a rat. Making his way inside was easier than he expected since the door was unlocked. He then started to look around seeing if he could find any clues that would lead him to the man with glowing red eyes, but all he seemed to be finding was rat droppings, and garbage.

After about an hour of searching, Sammy sat down on one of the crates and let out a long and heavy sigh.

"This is ridiculous, I haven't found anything cause there was nothing to find." He said to himself talking to no one in particular since he was all alone….well except for some rats but they didn't talk.

"This was a big waste of time. What did I think was going to happen? That I was just going to come down here and find the real culprit that killed my parents?!" Sammy shouted in frustration before sighing as he heard the echo of his voice in the empty building. "I'm such an idiot."

"Oh I wouldn't say that."

Sammy jumped at the sound and looked to the back of the warehouse, but it was so black in there he couldn't see anything except darkness.

"Who said that?!" Sammy shouted at the darkness but all he received was a creepy chuckle. "Show yourself!"

"Gladly." the voice said, but Sammy still saw nothing that is until two monstrous hands grabbed him.

He didn't have much time to react before the hands started to squeeze him, making him gasp for air but it was too late. The last thing Sammy saw was a pair of glowing red eyes and a black crescent moon mark.

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(Serena)

"Did you find the files yet?" Serena asked anxiously as she kept looking back toward the door from which they came.

She was terrified that they were gonna get caught. She had been a lot more confident when they were just strutting around like they owned the place. No one even questioned what case they were working on, they had just let them into an office with a computer that was already logged into. It had almost been too easy well until they remembered that she and Mina were all but hopeless with computers.

"Serena, calm down we won't get caught." Mina told her but the tone in her voice said otherwise.

Why oh why did Ami have to work today? We could so use her help. Serena thought to herself frustrated as she paced around the room. They were so close to finally getting some sort of clue, but what good does it do them if the can't access it? Though when Serena felt just about ready to give up, she heard Mina cheer in success.

"I found it! I found the file!" Mina cheered but the good news was short lived because a millisecond later alarms started going off and Mina held her arms up in surrender.

"I didn't do that!" Mina said now sounding slightly panicked.

Serena then looked out the door and saw all the officers scrambling around and grabbing their gear.

"What's going on?!" Serena called out to one of them as he passed by her.

"There's been a jailbreak! They need every man and woman available, hurry up and get ready, it was a big one!" The man told her before he grabbed his gun and keys and ran out the door.

Serena then turned to Mina. "Let's go I have a feeling that this is more than just a jailbreak."

"I'll call Ami and the others, can you get a hold of Setsuna and Hotaru? I think we'll need everyone for this." Mina told her as she opened up her communicator.

"I agree, I only wish that Michiru and Haruka weren't out on tour right now." Serena said before opening up her own communicator and contacted Setsuna.

"Serena? Uh now is not a good time to chat! The school has just gone into lockdown." Setsuna said on the other side of the line.

"This is an emergency! There's been a huge jailbreak, the girls and I believe this is something bigger though. Please grab Hotaru and join us as soon as you can!" Serena told her as she and Mina ran out the door of the police station.

"Okay Serena, we'll be there as soon as we can!" Setsuna told her before she hung up.

Serena was just about to call Darien when her cell phone started to go off.

Oh what now?! Serena thought as she answered her phone. "Hello?!"

"Serena? Serena, please don't hang up it's Mika." Serena slowed as she heard her brother's girlfriend close to tears.

"Mika? Mika are you okay, what's wrong?" Serena asked now concerned about the younger woman, had something happened to her or her brother Sammy?

"I-I'm fine b-but Sammy...oh Serena, please tell me that Sammy is with you, please! Please tell me he's not out there in this chaos!" Mika begged and she definitely sounded on the verge of crying.

"Chaos? W-what chaos? D-do you mean the jailbreak?" Serena asked her as panic began to rise in her chest.

"It's more than that!" Mika wailed. "People are getting mugged and killed, there's been break-ins and robberies all over and I just heard that a whole building was demolished. A-and that was just in the last twenty minutes, it's all over the news!"

Serena paled as she took in all that information, how could all of that have happened while she and Mina were in the Police station? Sure it was possible that another police station had been called while they were busy but she still couldn't believe that so much had happened in such a short amount of time. Had they really underestimated the power of Death Phantom by that much?

"S-Serena? A-are you still there?" Mika then asked her drawing her out of her thoughts.

"Yeah, I'm here Mika… tell me do you know where Sammy was headed when he went out?" Serena asked getting back onto the topic of her brother. If he was out here in the middle of this, she had to find him before it was too late. He was the only family she had left.

"N-no...I-I don't that's why I was hoping he was with you….oh Sammy…" She could now hear Mika sobbing into the phone.

"I'll find him. You can count on it. I already lost my parents, I won't lose my brother too." Serena told her with conviction. "You stay safe Mika and I'll bring Sammy back home safe and sound, I promise you!"

With that Serena hung up and turned to Rei, Lita and Mina who were all waiting for her call. Now was not the time to panic, it was time for action. Sammy and all of Tokyo, maybe even the whole world were in danger. And it was up to them to stop it. Serena then looked down at her broach. It was a golden heart with angel wings, she had hoped she wouldn't have to transform again after what had happened with Galaxia but the Earth needed Sailor Moon once more and she would answer the call.

"What are we waiting for? Let's transform and save the world!" Serena and without question her friends all took out their transformation wands.

"Moon Eternal Power!"

"Mars Crystal Power!"

"Venus Crystal Power!"

"Jupiter Crystal Power!"

"Make-Up!" They all then said in unison as they transformed into Eternal Sailor Moon, Sailor Venus, Sailor Mars and Sailor Jupiter.

Once they had transformed she and the others were off hoping that they were running straight to the center of all the chaos.

Hang on Sammy! We're coming! Serena thought to herself as she ran and prayed that her little brother was alright.

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(Sammy)

"Isn't it beautiful Samuel?" His captor asked him. "All this chaos and destruction."

No he didn't find this beautiful, bodies littered the street both dead and injured. Windows on buildings were all broken some were nothing but rubble thanks to the man's demonic hands. This was pure and utter chaos, an apocalypse of sorts.

The monster in front of him looked human but he was anything but. His captor was his height, with hair that was a cross of sandy blonde and light brown. His eyes were as red as blood and he wore what looked to be school uniform. His shirt was purple and buttoned up with long sleeves, with it he wore black pants. Of course the most stand out feature on him was the black crescent moon mark on his forehead.

Sammy himself was tied up and was being led like a dog on a leash. After, almost being strangled to death in the warehouse the man in front of him had tried to hypnotise him, but for some reason the man had been unable to do so. What he had been able to do though was look through his memories. And he saw how much Sammy looked up to Sailor Moon and decided to use him as bait. As well as make an example out of him, whatever that meant.

"What do you get out of this? Why cause all this destruction?" Sammy then asked him no matter how much it hurt him to talk.

The man then yanked him up and brought Sammy closer to his face. "What do I get? I think that is a rather easy problem to solve Samuel."

Throwing him back down to the ground and causing him even more pain, the monster continued. "Everything stems from Chaos, Samuel. Before there was anything at all there was Chaos. From Chaos came the earth, the sky, the wind why even the moon came from Chaos."

"Great mythology lesson. Gonna get to the point?" Sammy grunted.

"The point is Samuel, that in order to rebuild this city into my own image there must first be chaos and destruction." The man said as he then proceeded to crush a bug under his boot. "From the Chaos I will rise as this city's new leader. Then I will proceed in not only taking over Tokyo but the whole Earth itself! Then when the Earth is mine, I will make Serenity and her precious prince come out of hiding! Once he is dead Serenity will have no choice but to choose me, like she should have all those years ago."

"Who's Serenity?" Sammy asked in confusion. The guy was talking nonsense, how would taking over the earth get him back the girl who dumped him?

"Serenity is the Princess of the White Moon Kingdom." The man said as he looked up to the sky. "But like me she was reborn here on this pathetic excuse of a planet. Serves her right in a sense, it's all her fault anyway. If she had just chosen me instead of that earthling prince, the two kingdoms wouldn't have fallen! And the Queen wouldn't have had to give her life to save everyone that had died that fateful day."

"This time though, this time she will be mine. You hear that Endymion?! She will be MINE!" He then shouted to the sky.

Oh great, he has unearthly powers and is clinically insane. Sammy thought to himself. But this still didn't explain why he was using him as bait for Sailor Moon, if he wanted this Serenity girl.

"If you want this Serenity girl, why kidnap me to lure in Sailor Moon? What does she have to do with this? Why not kidnap someone close to her? I've only met Sailor Moon a couple of times anyway. There are no guarantees that she'll come to save me." Sammy said in hopes he would be let go. He did not want to be stuck here with a crazy person. He was in way over his head.

"Samuel, Samuel, Samuel, don't you see? Sailor Moon is Princess Serenity." The man said told him, talking to him as if he were stupid.

"I still don't get why you chose me!" Sammy then said in frustration. He would have shouted if he could. "I told you I have no ties to Sailor Moon!"

"That is where you are wrong Samuel." His captor then brought out a picture and showed it to him. As he looked at the picture though Sammy was surprised that his eyes didn't pop out of their sockets. This guy was showing him a picture of Serena. "Recognise her?"

"Th-that's my sister…." Sammy said still in shock. "W-why are you showing me a picture of Serena?!"

"Call it a hunch Samuel but I believe your sister is Sailor Moon." The man then said. "It would make sense, I mean she has an uncanny resemblance to Serenity. Her name sounds similar and means basically the same thing as Serenity's. And lastly….you are immune to being hypnotised. No one can resist my Evil Sight, no one except Serenity. My theory is that her Legendary Silver Crystal keeps her safe so if Serenity is your sister Serena, then it would make sense why my hypnosis doesn't work on you. Because you have been in close proximity to the crystal."

"You realise you're talking like a crazy person, right?" Sammy then asked him now getting sick of his nonsense. There was no way his sister was Sailor Moon. There was just no way. His sister has a kind and gentle heart, she's a crybaby, not a warrior that fights for love and justice.

"Maybe I am, or maybe I'm not." The man then said as he yanked him forward. "You'll just have to wait and see Samuel."

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(Serena)

Mika had not been exaggerating. As soon as she and the others hit downtown Tokyo, it was utter chaos. There was blood on the sidewalks, glass from broken windows and some buildings were completely destroyed. Screams of people in pain or dying filled the air. It was truly a horrifying scene to behold and Serena could already feel the tears on her cheeks, as she wept in sympathy for all of those that had already died.

As she looked on in horror she didn't even notice that a huge metal beam from a construction sight had come loose and falling right towards her. That is until one of her friends called out to her.

"Sailor Moon! Look out!" Mina called to her and she looked up in horror as she saw the beam coming right for her.

She was like a deer caught in headlights, she knew she should move but she couldn't. Then just before she was certain that she would be crushed to death, something or rather someone swept her off her feet and carried her to safety.

"Tuxedo Mask!" She gasped in both surprise and relief as she looked up at her saviour.

"Sorry I'm late my love." Darien told her as he set her down on the ground. "But it was trickier to leave work than either Ami or I expected."

"I'm just glad you're here now." Serena told him. "But there's no time to waste, Sammy is missing and we have to find him."

"What about Death Phantom?" Ami then asked, she must have come with Darien. "Did you find the files?"

"We did but then the alarms started going off." Serena told her. "We never even got to read them."

"Well good news is, is that we may not need them." Darien then said. "I mean this has to be his work right?"

He was right this had to be the work of Death Phantom who else would cause this much chaos and mayhem. Now if only they knew where he was they could end all of this.

The universe then decided to answer both of her questions cause the next minute, Sammy's face was on a jumbo screen right on the side of a massive building.

"Sammy…" Serena then gasped in horror, her brother looked worse for ware and the menacing figure behind him did nothing to calm her nerves. As she took in his red eyes, sandy brown/blonde hair and the black crescent moon mark on his forehead, she had no doubt she was looking at Death Phantom.

"Sam?!" Darien then exclaimed in surprise as he too saw her younger brother's beaten form. Sammy's neck showed signs of strangulation, while his face had various cuts and bruises. Serena just prayed that Mika wasn't watching television right now. She didn't want to think about how the poor girl might react if she were to see Sammy in this state.

"Citizens of Tokyo! What you are witnessing is the age of a new era! I shall rebuild your beloved city from the ashes that I burn!" Death Phantom announced on the jumbo screen. "But fear not there is still a chance you all can be saved…"

"Sailor Moon! If you value the life of this boy and of all the people in this city, you and Tuxedo Mask will face me at Tokyo Tower! Fail to do so everyone will die!" She heard Darien curse once Death Phantom's threat was delivered. She knew it was a trap but they didn't have much of a choice. She'd walked into traps and survived before. Surely she could do so again. After all Sammy needed her.

As Death Phantom and Sammy disappeared from the screen, everything went deathly quiet. The girls looked at her with both fear and desperation in their eyes. Serena knew the last thing they wanted to do was to let her walk into a trap all alone. But what choice did they have?

"Sailor Moon…" A young woman then said breaking the silence. She sounded in pain and as Serena looked at her she cringed. The young woman was lying on the sidewalk and she could see the big dark spot on her jeans.

As Serena looked around she saw several others in a similar state and they were all looking at her. Hoping she would save them. Save them from death, save them from that madman.

"H-help us….please help us Sailor Moon." A man then said as he coughed up blood.

"You're going to help us right Sailor Moon?" A little girl then asked pleadingly. And it continued on like that with all the civilians begging for her help. It was all she could take.

"I'll do my very best to help!" Serena then announced to them all. "I don't know if I can truly be the hero you want me to be, but I'll do what I can. I won't let him take anymore lives!"

"Venus, Mercury, Mars, Jupiter." Serena then addressed her friends as she looked back to them. "Stay here and help these people get to safety while Tuxedo Mask and I head to the tower and keep an eye out for Pluto and Saturn. Let them know what's going on and see if you can find Luna and Artemis too."

"...You got it Sailor Moon." Mina answered her though she sounded hesitant to obey her order. But she knew that the young woman was just worried about her.

"I don't like this, but fine." Rei then said before she hugged Serena. "But you better come back alive Meatball Head."

Serena hugged her old friend tightly. "Everything is gonna be fine Rei, I'll have Darien with me afterall."

"You better take care of her, cause if you don't…" Lita then said to Darien as she clapped a hand on his shoulder.

"I won't let anything happen to her Sailor Jupiter. I'd sooner die than let him harm her." Darien told the fierce lightning warrior, and Serena blushed at the protective tone his voice took.

"Just be careful, please." Ami then pleaded as Serena ended her hug with Rei.

"We will." Serena then told her before she and Darien ran towards Tokyo Tower.

As she and Darien headed to the Tower, she couldn't help but worry herself about the safety of her friends. Some of Death Phantom's hypnotised victims could be around somewhere and could hurt them.

Though just as she thought that two people with Black crescent moon marks charged at Darien.

"Tuxedo Mask!" Serena cried out, she was about to summon her eternal moon staff when two orbs of light hit the ones attacking Darien.

"Well it seems someone decided to have a party and didn't invite us." Said a very familiar voice, a voice that was both masculine and feminine at the sametime.

"Well that was rather rude of them. Though not sure I would call this a party." second familiar voice said, this one very feminine and sophisticated. Serena didn't even need to turn around to know who it was but she did all the same and was beyond happy to see the two women standing there.

"Neptune! Uranus!" She cried out in joy.

"Long time no see Meatball Head." Haruka told her with a chuckle. She sported short blonde hair, blue eyes a Sailor tiara and her sailor suit was white and navy blue with a yellow bow at the front, as well as her navy blue platform boots. She looked female as Sailor Uranus but when she wasn't it could be very hard to tell that Haruka Tenoh, the famous race car driver, was female.

Next to her was Michiru her girlfriend with her gorgeous figure, beautiful aqua coloured hair and sea coloured eyes. She was wearing a white and teal sailor suit with the bows on the front and back being a darker shade of blue along with her strappy teal high heels. Michiru herself was a famous violinist and she and Haruka were supposed to be on tour right now so why were they back in Tokyo so early?

"I'm so happy to see you two!" Serena then squealed as she ran over and hugged them. "But what are you two doing here? You're supposed to be on tour."

"Setsuna called and told us about your parents." Michiru answered her in a soft and gentle voice. Of course the Guardian of Time had told them, she should have known that Setsuna would know what had happened even if she hadn't told her.

"We figured you would be a total wreck and decided to come home straight away to cheer you up." Haruka then told her. "Though when we got here everything started going haywire."

"My magic mirror had been showing me premonitions of Chaos but not even I could have predicted all this." Michiru then said as she indicated the destruction around them.

"Yeah this is pretty awful, even so we are here to help. Tell us what you need us to do Princess." Haruka told her just as Darien came over to them.

"We're trying to reach Tokyo Tower to defeat the being known as Death Phantom." Darien explained to them.

"He has my brother, Sammy." Serena added and both looked shocked by the revelation.

"Death Phantom? You mean the evil entity from the Future where Rini is from?" Haruka questioned, Serena was about to question how they knew that but she figured that Setsuna must have told them about that as well.

"Yeah that's correct." Darien answered as he put his arm around Serena. "The others are leading the civilians to safety because Death Phantom only asked for me and Sailor Moon to meet him."

"My Prince and Princess….are you sure that is wise?" Michiru questioned. "I doubt it is a coincidence that your brother was taken captive, there is a chance that he knows who you are and is setting a trap and is using your brother as bait."

Serena hadn't considered that Death Phantom might know her true identity. Was that why he took Sammy and hurt him? Did he know who she was? Was the pain that, that monster caused all her fault?

Darien seemed to have sensed her internal anguish, he gave her shoulder a comforting squeez that caused her to look at him. Just by looking into his eyes she could tell what he was trying to say to her even when no words were spoken. He was telling her that everything would be alright and that they would get through this together. They always had after all.

He's right. No matter what challenges await us, as long as we face them together nothing can go wrong. Serena thought to herself as she placed a kiss on Darien's cheek.

"I don't care if it's a trap, I have to save my brother and this city." Serena then said her voice full of determination as she turned and faced Haruka and Michiru once more. "People are dying….and I know what it's like to lose someone you love. I don't want anymore people to go through that kind of pain. I know I can't save everyone, but I'll try to save as many people as I can, and that's a promise."

"Whelp if you feel that strongly about it, guess we have no choice but to tag along, isn't that right Neptune?" Haruka said as she readied her talisman the Space Sword.

"It would seem so Uranus." Michiru then agreed as she too readied her talisman the Deep Aqua Mirror.

"You two don't have to do that." Serena told them now worried that Death Phantom might do something to her brother if they didn't come alone. He never said they had to but she didn't want to take that risk.

"Course we do!" Haruka exclaimed before she shot a smirk at Darien. "After all if it weren't for us Rose Boy there would have been toast."

Darien gave Haruka a nasty glare before Michiru smacked Haruka's arm causing Serena to giggle.

"Ignore Uranus, My Prince, we just want to make sure that you and Sailor Moon arrive to your destination in one piece." Michiru explained.

"Then we'd be happy if you accompanied us, right Tuxedo Mask?" She asked him and saw that he was still glaring at Haruka, before it turned into a smirk.

"Yes, and on the way I can pay Uranus back for her comment." Darien said which caused Haruka to laugh.

"Aw come on it was just a joke! But feel free to try Rose Boy." And with that Haruka took off running with a scowling Darien right behind her.

Michiru and Serena exchanged a look before they too took off after their lovers.

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(Sammy)

Sammy ached all over and he had no idea how he was still able to stand. Then again it probably helped that he was tied to one of the metal beams on the tower. He was also distracted by the accusation that his sister might be Sailor Moon.

But there was no way that, that was possible. Sure he and Serena bickered and fought a lot when they were younger but still he knows his sister! His sister wasn't the brave Heroine that saved his life! At least that's what he wanted to believe.

Thinking back, Sammy admitted that she had started to act a little strange when she brought Luna home with her one day. Perhaps he had been too naive to notice it back then but thinking about it now….well a lot of strange things started happening when Luna became their pet. He wasn't blaming Luna though, she was just a cat after all, it just seemed odd to him that all these weird things started happening when she became apart of the family.

Like how there had been some nights when Serena didn't even come home, or when she did he had caught sight of a bruise, cut or some other injury and she looked completely wiped. He knew his sister was clumsy but….that had become almost a regular thing for short periods of time. And it had worried him, so much so that he was afraid that someone had actually been hurting her. But because Serena never lost her carefree and happy personality he had let it go and didn't bother mentioning his worries to their parents.

When she started dating Darien, he was a high schooler and while Sammy was in elementary school at the time even he found it strange that someone as cool as him would just start dating a girl like his sister. Not only was she younger than he was but she was like the exact opposite of him. Darien, was smart, cool and extremely well focused, while Serena was a crybaby, an airhead and very clumsy. Sammy had always considered her kind of a dork back then and thought someone like Darien could do better.

But then when his thoughts came true he felt terrible about ever thinking that way. Darien had broken up with Serena when Rini came to live with them. Serena never knew but he had watched her during all that, and he couldn't help but feel guilty over how much pain his sister was in. It had almost felt like he had caused it by thinking that way, but he knew that was silly, still back then he had wanted nothing more than to give Darien a piece of his mind for doing that to her. He hadn't though and soon enough his sister got back together with Darien and their relationship seemed stronger than ever in Sammy's eyes.

There were a lot of other strange events that had happened after that but as he thought more about that situation, he realised that he hadn't seen Rini in quite some time. Not long after Darien left for College, Rini had just….disappeared as if she was never there to begin with. Which sounded strange but even the pictures they had didn't contain Rini in them anymore….nor did he remember having an aunt or uncle with a little girl by that name.

Did all of those incidents and strange happenings really have to do with his sister being Sailor Moon? And if she was Sailor Moon, and this Princess Serenity….what did that make him? Just an extra in her life? Was she even really his sister if everything that psycho said was true?

Sammy instantly felt a tear on his cheek, he wasn't sure when he had started to cry but he didn't care. His sister might not even be his sister, and that hurt him more than any physical injury that could be afflicted upon him.

"Aw, what's the matter? Afraid your dear sister won't come for you?" His captor decided then the mock him. He had a nasty sneer on his face as he looked at Sammy as if he was enjoying all the pain he was causing him, knowing this wacko he probably was enjoying it.

Sammy just sent him as nasty as a glare as he could manage at that moment. "Is she even really my sister? If Serena really is this Serenity….you never said she had siblings so am I even really her brother?"

"As far as I know Serenity was an only child." He answered and Sammy just bowed his head in sorrow until the creep lifted it back up to look at him. "For what it's worth though, she is still your sister. She was reincarnated here on Earth when your parents gave birth to her. While you may not have any past life connection to her like I do, she is technically your family. Which is why I know she'll come for you."

The evil jerk then let his face go, and oddly enough he did feel better after hearing that. But then he remembered that he was only being used to lure in Serena and felt terrible again.

"And here she comes now…" His captor announced as the man looked over the railing.

Sammy could only watch in horror as Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Mask came running to rescue him. They weren't alone though, Sammy recognised Sailor Neptune and Sailor Uranus alongside them once they reached the top of the tower.

Sammy didn't focus on either of them or Tuxedo Mask though, because he was too busy looking at Sailor Moon. He looked into the blue eyes that were almost identical to his sister's, and for about the tenth time that day he questioned how he had never seen it before. It was when she spoke that everything this monster had told him was confirmed.

"Sammy…" Sailor Moon...no Serena then said in horror as she took in his condition. Only two women still called him that name and he knew for certain that Mika wasn't a blonde.

It was true, it was all true. The heroine standing in front of him was none other than his older sister.

"Hey, Serena…" Was about all Sammy could manage to say to her. Not only because his throat still hurt but because he was still in shock.

The creep had told him all this beforehand but he hadn't wanted to believe it until this moment. Now he just hoped that his sister actually could get him out of this mess. As well as not get herself killed in the process.

---

(Serena)

"Hey, Serena…" Sammy then said to her weakly, she couldn't tell if he was in pain or shock or both though.

She knew that calling him by his kid nickname was a dead give away as to who she was, but at this point there was no longer a reason to keep this secret from him. Sammy had been captured and tortured by an enemy that was after her and more than likely her crystal. She had kept the secret from her family to keep them safe and out of harm's way. But that didn't seem to matter anymore, her parents had died because of a man being controlled by Death Phantom. And now her brother had almost died because of the same man. The secret wasn't enough to keep him safe anymore. She had to do it personally now.

Serena went to her brother's side without even thinking about it, but no one made a move to stop her from doing so. She gently touched his face before letting her head touch her younger brother's as well as letting a tear roll down her face. It was hard to describe how she felt but the most prominent emotion coming to her was disappointment. She was ashamed and disappointed in herself for letting this happen. Ever since Sammy was born Serena had promised to love, cherish and protect her baby brother. Now she had failed at one of those three things. Not only that but Sammy now knows that she had lied to him and their parents for years. How could he ever forgive her?

"I'm sorry...I'm so sorry Sammy, th-this is all my fault…" Serena then said to him but it sounded more like a sob. She had no idea if he could ever forgive her but she had to at least try and make him understand why she did it. "I-I'm sorry f-for all the lies...I-I'm sorry I never told you all...I-I thought that I w-was protecting you, b-but all I did w-was keep you in the dark and probably made you worry...b-but I didn't know h-how to explain any of this, s-still I should have trusted you all, I should have trusted that you would understand… I should have…"

"Serena...it's okay." Sammy then said in a hushed tone as he interrupted her rambling. "You were scared...I get it. I've read enough about superheroes to know that they have to keep their identities a secret so their families won't get hurt. Y-you didn't do anything wrong Seres, none of what has happened lately is your fault. I'm the one that went looking for trouble. I did this to myself."

Serena tilted her head up slightly so that she was looking into her brother's eyes. What did Sammy mean by that? Before she could get a chance to ask him though he continued.

"I know you feel like….a failure, but you're not. I went looking for answers about Mom and Dad's murder on my own...a-and then got in over my head…" Sammy explained but she could hear him seizing up in pain as he spoke. She wanted to tell him to stop and to save his energy but he just kept going. "W-when he told me you m-might be Sailor Moon I-I didn't want to believe him. I-I thought it was crazy th-that someone whom I have known since I was a baby could be a superhero."

Sammy then did his best to give her a grin but it still looked pained. "But, h-here you are. M-my big sister a Super Heroine fighting for Love and Justice. I had always looked to Sailor Moon because she seemed a lot cooler than my big sister back then...b-but now...n-now that I-I know it's you... I-I look up to you even more now than I-I used to. You've been my hero since the very beginning Seres. You've always been there either as Serena or as Sailor Moon, you inspired me to be the man I am today. I hope you realise that Seres, so there is no reason for you to apologise to me or Mom and Dad. I had already forgiven you, and I'm p-proud to call you my sister."

"S-Sammy…" She didn't know what to say, she was absolutely speechless. Sammy hadn't spoken that fondly of her since he was a little kid and he had practically followed her everywhere.

"A-and I-I'm sure Mom and Dad are proud of you as well." Sammy told her with a pained smile as he put his head back against hers. "I-I love you sis."

"I love you too bro." She then said as she felt more tears fall down her face, this time in happiness. And for a moment she forgot about all the bad things that had happened, she was happy and content.

But her and her brother's moment was soon interrupted by some rather rude slow clapping.

"What a touching little family moment. But I believe that the reason you are here is to save this sorry little city." Death Phantom said with a cold smile making her tense as she looked up at him. "Isn't that right Princess Serenity?"

Darien and Michiru immediately went in front of her while Haruka came to her side. Serena though could do nothing but stare at Death Phantom in shock. How did he know that name? This Death Phantom wasn't from the future, was it possible that she knew him in the past? No surely she would have remembered something like that, right? She admitted that not all the memories from her past life had returned but if he knew who she was, why couldn't she remember him?

"How do you know that name?!" Darien then shouted at him.

"You really don't remember me? Oh Prince Endymion you wound me so." Death Phantom said to them in a mock hurt tone but he never took his eyes off of Serena as he spoke. Which she found rather creepy, just who was he and how did he know about their past lives?

Serena only took her eyes off of Death Phantom when she noticed that Haruka had her sword out. She didn't have time to ask what she was doing before she cut Sammy free and caught him as he stumbled forward.

She heard Sammy grunt a Thank You before Haruka addressed her directly. "Here's how this is gonna go Princess I'm getting you and your brother out of here while Neptune and Rose Boy there hold him off."

"No." Serena then told her shaking her head. "I'm not running away, this guy asked for me and Tuxedo Mask to face him. I'm not risking the city's safety just for the sake of my own."

"Meatball Head… you're killing me here you know that?" Haruka then complained. "Look I get it but things are different now, he knows who you are!"

"S-Serena...listen to Sailor Uranus...pl-please….I-I don't want you to die…" Sammy then said weakly as he leaned against Haruka for support.

Serena placed a hand on her brother's shoulder and looked at the both of them. "Uranus, Sammy I know you just want to protect me but I can't run from this one. I have a feeling this fight will decide our future once and for all. I have to stay and fight for Rini and for Crystal Tokyo, not just because I want that future to come but because it's the right thing to do. So because of that, there is nothing you can do that will convince me to leave this time."

Haruka then sighed and shook her head before muttering under her breath. "I don't know who's gonna cause me to gain more white hairs, you or Hotaru."

"Very well Princess, I'll get your brother to safety, just please be careful." Haruka then told her out loud while Sammy had a very confused look on his face.

"...I-I don't get what any of this has to do with Rini or what Crystal Tokyo is but...okay I trust you Seres. Just please be careful…" Sammy told her and she nodded before giving them her best reassuring smile.

Both of them still looked uneasy but they both left the balcony and once they did Serena turned her attention back to Death Phantom who was smirking at Darien who had drawn his cane and had furious expression on his face. Michiru on the other hand looked like she was deep in thought, as if she were trying to remember something.

"I will not ask again! How do you know those names?!" Darien shouted as he looked ready to charge and attack.

"You know it was funny the first few times you asked but now you're just boring me." Death Phantom then faked a yawn. "Do you truly not remember who I am or are you just as dumb as you look."

"I'm afraid we don't remember who you are." Serena then said as went to Darien's side and put a hand on his arm to calm him. "Some of our memories are missing from Silver Millenium. So please tell us who you are and how you knew us in the past."

"So it's true, you really don't remember…" Death Phantom said as he looked from Serena to the ground and shook his head. "I guess it really isn't that much of a surprise considering that my own memories did not return until a few years ago along with my powers, still I had hoped that you would have remembered your own fiance Serenity."

"Fiance?!" Darien then interrupted. "What do you mean fiance?! I am Serenity's one true love not you!"

Death Phantom then gave Darien a cruel smile. "Now I'm not sure if your reaction is because of the lack of memories or because Serenity never told you about me back then Endymion."

Darien growled and glared and Serena knew that the only thing holding him back was her hand on his arm. He was also glancing at her probably wondering if any of this was true. But she was in the same boat as him, the news that she had a fiance that was not Endymion back when she was the Princess of the Moon Kingdom was beyond shocking.

"Though I don't understand why you're so surprised Endymion." Death Phantom then continued as he drew their attention back to him. "Surely you remember that the people of the Moon and the people of Earth weren't allowed to be together, did you not think that maybe Queen Serenity already had a suitor in mind for her daughter?"

Serena admitted that she had never considered that. Then again she didn't remember that much about her mother, the former Queen Serenity. She didn't even know who her father was back then. So she guessed it was possible that her mother had already picked out a suitor for her, but she found it odd that she couldn't remember him.

"Calamides." The sound of Michiru's voice brought Serena back down to Earth. "You're Prince Calamides aren't you?"

"Finally someone remembers me!" Death Phantom, or she supposed she should call him Calamides now, then praised Michiru as if she had just won some sort of contest. "Though I am surprised that is was you out of all people Neptune. You and the rest of the Outers barely even stepped foot on the Moon, but you are correct. I am Prince Calamides of the Black Moon Kingdom."

"It is true that me and Uranus rarely left our posts but even we knew of the young Prince of the Black Moon who was to marry our Princess of the White Moon." Michiru said in a calm tone but even Serena could tell that this was just the calm before the storm. Though she was still very confused about all of this, what did she mean the Black Moon? She knew that, that was what they had called themselves in the future but Serena didn't think that they really were from the moon just like her.

"Wait...Neptune a-are you telling me that he is also from the Moon?!" Serena then asked.

"From the dark side of the Moon yes, otherwise known as the Black Moon Kingdom ruled by his father King Calamides." Neptune then explained but this did little to quell all of her unanswered questions.

"I shall explain since you clearly don't remember any of this Serenity." Calamides then said before black beam from his mark shot into the air above them to paint a vivid image of the Moon Kingdom, only this one was as black as obsidian and looked like it had fallen on hard times, the grass was brown, the plants wilted and barely growing, even the water in the nearby river wasn't flowing as it should. The Kingdom looked almost dead much like her own Kingdom had when she and the others went there after Darien was taken by Queen Beryl. But this image that Calamides was showing them was from the past, and she knew for a fact that her own kingdom had been brimming with life back then.

"I-Is that the Black Moon Kingdom?" Serena asked as she looked at the vision from the past.

"It is." Calamides answered simply. "The Moon was home to not one but two Kingdoms. It was said that the two kingdoms were once one but split to two when Twin Royals were born. My Father King Calamides ruled the Black Moon while your Mother Queen Serenity ruled the White Moon. The Black Moon as you can see had fallen on hard times. Our people were starving, nothing would grow this caused my people to grow jealous of those who presided in the White Moon since they were flourishing and had no need to worry about such things. This jealousy grew to hatred and rage and threatened to cause a civil war.

"My Father then went to speak with your Mother. They both knew that war would only cause more suffering for both kingdoms so they agreed to unite their two kingdoms for the good of both their people." Calamides' eyes then focused in on Serena's. "They were going to unite our kingdoms through marriage. Mine and yours specifically."

The image in the sky then changed and showed a young Calamides of about 5 years old then picking flowers with a younger version of her past self. Serena noted how the young Calamides' eyes looked in awe at all the beautiful plants and flowers in her kingdom's garden. Since she had seen what his own kingdom looked like she could understand why he was so breath taken by her kingdom.

The image then shifted and showed the two of them in their adolescence. Calamides was staring at her and smiling but Serena could see that she herself wasn't looking at him, but at Earth. She could see the longing to go there in her past self's eyes.

"My father thought everything was going as planned and I had thought that as well, until you met him." Calamides then glared at Darien and the image once again shifted but this time showed herself and Darien as Serenity and Endymion having a date at one of their meeting places. It wasn't anything special it was just him and her laying next to one another on the grass while they held each other close. She and Darien had both looked so happy and in love back then. But it was then in the background behind a tree that she saw Calamides watching them, in this image he looked hurt, jealous, confused, but most of all angry at the two of them. So much so that it caused Serena to shudder.

The image once again shifted only now it showed the day Serena wished she could forget.

"The Royal Ball…" Serena then said as she clutched Darien's hand tighter.

"That's right the Royal Ball the night that was supposed to be our engagement party." Calamides told her with a glare. "That is until you invited Endymion and had him hide behind a mask. But that didn't help matters now did it?"

She could hear the anger in his voice but she was too busy watching the scene of her nightmares play out all over again in front of her. She could see herself dancing with Darien while an angry Calamides watched them from one of the pillars. Screams of terror and panic then rang throughout the ballroom as the people of Earth charged in with their swords in hand. The Earth kingdom then started killing those who got in their way as Beryl tried to get to her mother to claim the Silver Crystal for Queen Metalia. But Beryl had found her and Darien first. Serena couldn't watch as she heard her past-self's screams of agony and heartbreak over Darien's death, so much so that it had caused her to take her own life. At this she could feel Darien wrapping his arms around her and looking away as well. She knew that this was as painful to him as it was to her. But instead of the vision ending there Serena heard the cries of another person and forced herself to look up to see who it was.

Calamides had her body in his arm weeping tears of his own angwish. Then out of grief and anger he started using his own powers to kill those who had caused chaos. But he too was eventually killed alongside her friends and as he died the vision finally ended.

"And of course we all know what happens next." Calamides then speaks again once it ended. "Your mother used the Silver Crystal to have everyone who died during that tragedy reborn on Earth in a different time hoping that you and prince charming would finally have your happily ever after blah, blah, blah.

"But you know what Princess? You don't deserve it. It was your fault that tragedy happened in the first place! If you had just done your duty and married me as was planned then the moon kingdoms wouldn't have fallen! But no you just had to break the rules and fall in love with this pathetic earthling! It's your fault that your mother had to sacrifice her own life just to give you another chance, a chance you don't deserve! All of this is your fault Serenity!" Calamides then shouted at her as he spread his arms to show her the chaos below.

Was it really her fault? Had choosing to be with Endymion really what caused both moon kingdoms to fall? Had everyone died that day because of one wrong decision? Should she have just ignored her heart all those years ago and married Calamides like she was supposed to? Would that really have changed everything? She was starting to think so after what she learned today.

"Do not listen to Calamides, Sailor Moon!" A voice then said pulling her out of her dark thoughts.

Suddenly the rest of her friends were joining them on the balcony of the tower causing Calamides to jump back and glare at all of them. Setsuna glared back at him and Serena realised that it had been her voice that had pulled her from her thoughts.

"It is true that your choosing to be with Endymion is what sparked Beryl to awaken Metalia but even if you had chosen Calamides the moon kingdom still would have fallen." Setsuna said.

"That's a lie!" Calamides then shouted at her.

"No it isn't." Setsuna told him. "I am the Guardian of Time and Space I see all possible outcomes for the future. And there had been a time where she had chosen you, Calamides. But you had become too used to all of what the white moon had to offer that you didn't even think that it could ever become like that of the Black moon kingdom. You used up all the resources and caused the citizens to become poor to keep yourself wealthy when that all was gone you led an attack on Earth to claim their resources in the name of the united moon kingdoms. The Earth and Moon still fell to ruin! And it was all because of your greed."

"Lies! All lies! It has to be lies!" Calamides shouted once more at Setsuna.

"No it is all the truth." Setsuna said once more before turning to her. "It wasn't your fault my Princess. One way or another the Moon Kingdoms were always destined to fall, it was never your fault or yours my Prince."

"And you will never be with Serenity in this or any other life!" Haruka then barked at him. "Sam told me everything, how you wanted our Princess for yourself once you killed Tuxedo Mask and destroyed this city! Well that will never happen! We won't let it!"

"That's right!" Rei then joined in. "Do you have any idea what these two have been through up till now?!"

"Everytime they have a happy moment together something happens to try and break them up and it actually almost worked one time." Mina explained.

"But they beat the odds time and time again because they are meant to be together." Ami chimed in.

"And now you are trying to break them up yet again all because of what happened in the past? That's unforgivable." Lita said as she cracked her knuckles.

"If they aren't together then my best friend will never be born and I will not allow that! So I hope you're ready to fight all nine of us!" Hotaru said as she readied her Silence Glaive.

"Everyone…" Serena was touched that they all cared about her and Darien that much that they would do anything to make sure they all finally got a happy ending. She could feel all the love and support from each and every one of them. She was grateful to every single one of them. They weren't just allies bound by fate they were all friends and they would stick together till the end.

"It's going to take more than all of you to beat me!" Calamides then said darkly before his hands grew and became monstrous like Emerald's had been able to in the future. Using one of the hands he knocked Darien from her and grabbed her before she could react.

"Ah!" Serena cried out in shock.

"Sailor Moon!" Michiru then called to her as she and the others tried to come to her aid, only for them to be knocked back with the other beast hand that packed so much force it was able to destroy the railing on the balcony causing everyone she cared about to fall.

"No!" Serena cried out as she watched her friends fall and she tried to get out of Calamides' grip.

"Mercury Bubbles!" She then heard Ami cry out and she watched as her friend's attack cushioned their fall.

Calamides growled at this. "Minions! Obey your new king and destroy these pests!"

Just like that those with the black crescent moon mark turned their attention to those who were on the ground. Since hearing Calamides' story she wasn't sure if the humans under his control were those reborn from the black moon kingdom or if they were regular humans with no connection to the past like Sammy. But either way they were still innocents that were under this mad man's control. Which is why as they attacked she could tell her friends were holding back in their attacks but they would be outnumbered soon if this were to continue, she had to do something.

"Tuxedo La Smoking Bomber!" Darien's attack then hit Calamides, Serena had forgotten that he was the only one still on the balcony with them. Unfortunately for her the attack only made him tighten his grip on her making her cry out in pain. "No! Serena!"

"Nice trick Endymion...too bad it didn't work" Calamides said as he grimaced in pain then Serena watched in horror as some sort of power that looked like a laser beam shot from his crescent mark and hit Darien square in the chest and knocked into one of the metal beams hitting his head.

"No! Darien! Darien! Darien answer me please! DARIEN!" Serena shouted but it was to no avail he was knocked out cold or worse. She needed to get free, she needed to help everyone! But she couldn't break free why was it that when people needed her most she was powerless to save them? She suddenly felt tears on her cheeks, when had she started crying?

"How does it feel Serenity? How does it feel to watch everything you love to be ripped away from you? Do you feel pain? Agony? I sure hope so, cause you will feel a lot more, I will make you regret choosing Endymion over me even if I have to kill every last person on this pathetic planet to do it…" Calamides told her in a dark mocking tone. She knew then that crying wasn't going to help anyone so instead she closed her eyes and tried to focus, if she used the Silver Crystal she could free herself and save everyone. It was all up to her now. The city needed Sailor Moon more than ever now. Her friends needed her and more importantly Darien needed her.

Please everyone lend me your strength. We will stop Calamides together but I need you to lend me your strength for now, help me beat him. Serena then prayed and almost instantly she could feel the strength of all her friends gathering inside of her filling her with love and the energy she needed.

"Wh-what's going on?! What's happening?! What is with those lights coming from them?!" She then heard Calamides stammer in confusion before she felt his grip loosen on her completely. "GAH! MY EYES! WHAT IS THAT LIGHT?!"

As Serena opened her eyes she realized that she was no longer Eternal Sailor Moon, she was Princess Serenity.

"This is the power of the Silver Crystal, Calamides." Serena told him calmly as her Crystal became apart of her Moon Tiare. "It has the power to heal or cause massive destruction in the wrong hands."

"So you plan to heal everyone? Is that it? Ha! Good luck I'll just hurt them all over again! You can't beat me Serenity." Calamides told her as he tried to regain his composer.

"Wrong. It is you who cannot beat me. I will not let you kill anyone else on this planet." Serena said still in a calm tone she was going to do it. She had to. For Rini and for the future.

"S-so what you're going to kill me?! You don't have the heart!" Calamides shouted at her. He was right she hated killing, the thought of killing him sickened her since he had been reborn as human just like her. But she knew it was the right thing to do, she would not make the same mistake that she had in the future where Rini came from.

"You're right Calamides I don't have the heart for it. Killing a human is the last thing I want to do." She admitted to him as she raised her Tiare at him. "But for the crimes you have committed and for what you will do in the future if I don't kill you I cannot allow you to live!"

Without hesitation she used the combined power of her Moon Tiare and the Silver Crystal to attack Calamides. He then in turn tried to push back her attack with the same laser beam-like attack he had used on Darien. As their attacks clashed she could feel Tokyo Tower shaking from the pressure of their combined strengths. Screws, bolts and metal beams were all shaking and starting to come loose. The whole tower was going to come down if their struggle for dominance continued for much longer, she was also worried that Darien would be hurt that is until she felt a hand on her shoulder.

Looking away from Calamides she saw that Darien had recovered and was standing by her side once again, his expression was clear. He was staying by her side till the bitter end just like he always has. They were never going to be separated again. With that in mind she focused once again on Calamides as their powers created protective spheres that allowed them to continue their fight in the sky as the tower gave way and began to fall. Serena wished she could tell if her friends had gotten clear of the tower before it fell but she had no time, if she wanted to save everyone then defeating Calamides was her best and only option.

She and Calamides were pretty even when it came to power alone but with the love and support from all those she cared about the most coming to her aid she was soon able to overpower Calamides enough to unleash her final attack.

"Silver Moon Princess Power Shining Rainbow Moonbeam!" She cried out as she put her whole heart and soul into it combining the powers of her, her crystal, her friends and her love into one final attack that looked like a rainbow moonbeam.

Calamides screamed in agony as the attack hit and once the light faded and the smoke cleared she lowered herself to the ground where Calamides layed almost dead.

"y-you...m-may...h-have...w-won..t-today...S-Serenity...b-but a-an h-heir o-of the Black...m-moon wi-will b-be born..s-someday...h-he...h-he..will...finish..w-what I-I started…" Calamides told her with his last breath before he died.

She knew that Calamides had been talking about Diamond but instead of worrying about that Serena focused her energy into the Silver Crystal as she used its power to heal all those who were injured and fix the damage that had been done to the city for it was what her heart willed her to do. This was her destiny. She was finally becoming Neo Queen Serenity…

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(Serena)

Present time…

"I-I was just doing what had to be done that day Sammy. I would never have let you die." Serena said as she was drawn back to the present, she then looked at the Crystal Palace where they now lived and marveled how this place that she now called home used to be Tokyo Tower.

"I know that Seres." Sammy then said as Rini came into the room and he then went to tell her his news.

This future was different from the one she witnessed when she was 14 years old, but in her eyes it was a good different. Her daughter's powers had awakened sooner and she was able to grow up like a regular human girl alongside her friends. Sammy was also alive and well unlike in that alternate future. Death Phantom/Calamides was gone and would never be able to manipulate Diamond and his companions. Even all of her friends had been able to live their dreams as well as still do their duty as her Sailor Guardians. While this future was not perfect they still had plenty of time to make it so. The 30th century was still a long ways away after all.

"You alright my love?" Darien then asked her as he wrapped his arm around her. She guessed that she had spaced out, it had been a while since she had last done that.

"Just remembering the past." Serena told him simply just as Rini hugged her uncle after hearing his news. It was also hard for her to believe that only two years after that event was when she had Rini and not long after Rini was born did she get word that a Prince Diamond was born to the king of Denmark. As well as a Prince Sapphire only two years after him.

"If life has taught us anything my dear Serenity it's that the past does not define the us. So let us not linger on it too much and focus on the future ahead of us, alright?" Darien told her as his eyes met hers and he planted a kiss upon her lips.

She knew he was right but still she couldn't help but worry that what Calamides had said that day would come true. Diamond and his brother had not caused any trouble as of yet and she would rather not worry that they would but still she had a feeling that the Dark Nebula was not going to be the only thing that her daughter had to deal with.

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TO BE CONTINUED…

Over 15,000 words?! And I thought my last chapter was long!

This has to be my longest chapter yet, and I really hope you liked my take on how Serena became Neo Queen Serenity.

I know that the 90's anime they had sort of an explanation as to how that future came to be, but in all honesty that explanation didn't make much sense. And reminded me of what happens in Nagi No Asukara or a Lull in the Sea.

The world froze over and slept for 10,000 years then Serena used her powers to unfreeze the world and Crystal Tokyo was born?

Why would Serena wait 10,000 years before helping the Earth? What had she been doing for 10,000 years? While in the Manga and Sailor Moon Crystal it's never really explained why she became Neo Queen Serenity at the age of 22 it just happened.

So I made a reason for her to become Neo Queen Serenity. I hope adding Calamides and having him become Death Phantom back in Rini's time isn't too full of plot holes. But I'm sorry if it is.

I'm also sorry that this chapter took so long to come out as I had explained I started writing this in October, but then things happened. Thanksgiving, Halloween, then my cat died and I was depressed about that for a while. Still am. Then came Christmas and a bunch of other things. So I'm sorry but crap happens.

Anyway I still hope that you enjoy the chapter and will stay tuned till the next time, and I will include Emily in the next chapter, I promise.