Thanks to my beta blueeyeddevil06 for going back and editing this whole story.

Chapter 6 – The Boys are back in town

It had all come out. Her relationship with Darien was laid bare for the five men. Her uncle suspected some of it, but the Generals were floored. How Endymion could not love her in every lifetime didn't seem possible. She heavily edited her final conversation with Darien. The editing was for two reasons. One reason was selfish. She didn't want to cry over it anymore. She had cried enough already, and she was trying to be strong. The second reason was selfless. She didn't want the Generals to know how much he hurt her. They were Darien's friends. At least they would be his friends, and she didn't want them to be angry with Darien.

Still, she had noticed their anger, and they seemed to be incandescent with their fury. They knew so many had died for Endymion and Serenity's love. The Moon was decimated due to Beryl's anger and jealousy. They had known then that war was coming, and they hadn't flinched. They believed that the love between the two royals was worth fighting for. Queen Serenity had even given her life for them to have a second chance. Yet, here was Darien giving up everything.

Serena finally addressed what this was all heading to. "We can get you a place in the city. Darien's apartment is easy to find, and his best friend works at the Arcade. It should be easy to find him, let him know you are truly back, and let him know that you remember being his Generals."

"No." Was all Zoisite said.

Nephrite then added, "We aren't going to him. We request that we be allowed to stay with you."

Jadeite, Zoisite, and Kunzite all nodded in agreement.

Her uncle smiled and spoke up, "You are, of course, welcome to stay here at my house as long as you are willing to be two to a room. I would be thrilled to have you here and have your support for Serena." This was going exactly as he had only dared hoped, and he was more than pleased with these men.

That was when a shocked Serena spoke up. "Why would you stay here? You're Darien's Generals." What would cause you to stay with me?"

Kunzite looked her in the eye, "We are Endymion's Generals. We are still loyal to him and I, for one, want to honor our oaths, especially since we broke them in the past."

Serena said, "Beryl forced darkness into you. You can't be held responsible for that. You never broke that oath."

"Nonetheless, we still want to hold true to our oaths." Nephrite stated.

Zoisite spoke up then. "Serena, you said 'oath', but they are correct in saying 'oaths'. Once Endymion fell in love with you, he asked us to voluntarily take another oath."

"He did? What oath? He never told me." Serena asked puzzled.

Jadeite recited from memory, "I, Jadeite, do swear to protect Princess Serenity as if she were Prince Endymion. I swear to guard and protect her with my life. I swear to protect, support, and honor the love between Prince Endymion and Princess Serenity until the end of time."

All four Generals bowed to her and spoke in unison, "I swear it."

Kunzite then looked her in the eye and said, "We are Endymion's Generals. We're staying true to him and staying with you. We cannot serve any form of Endymion that doesn't adore you. That would break one of our oaths to him. We honor him too much to go to this 'Darien'."

Then, Serena spoke her worst fears to the five men. "It has to be me. He is wonderful, and I love him so much. Even now, he means the world to me. I'm lazy, I got bad grades, I am not good at fighting, I'm loud, I'm clumsy, I cry over everything, I'm immature, and I'm just not good enough. Go to him, please. You'll just be disappointed when you get to know me. I must be greatly lacking when you compare me to Serenity."

Her uncle grew furious. "No man should make you feel that way! He is the one lacking. How could he treat you like that?!" His face grew red, and he looked murderous.

"He never treated me that way! He left me with no real reason. He just said he didn't love me. I pieced it together from things others have told me."

That is when her uncle stepped in and explained how the Sailor Scouts and Luna had been treating her. This only served to enrage them further. The ones who were supposed to protect and support her had failed her. It had been such a part of who each girl had been. They didn't know if they would even be able to recognize the women they loved anymore. Only Jadeite wasn't completely surprised about Raye's behavior.

Jadeite grew quiet after hearing about how Raye was still behaving around Serena and grew stone cold after finding out she had dated Darien briefly. He decided there and then he would try to be Serena's strongest protector and defender. And, that was what he grew to be. In the future, some would mistake him to be her boyfriend, but when he could, he always cleared it up. He always explained how he was, in fact, her brother. She would always smile and let it go. Deep down, it brought her immense joy to feel so cared for.

And so, the next month passed. Each day they all spent time together. They also spent a lot of time training and helping Serena learn to better use her powers. Having been a princess in her first life, she didn't have anything to draw on in a fight. So, she trained with them. They laughed and joked together, and slowly over that month, Serena realized she was getting back to herself again. Slowly rediscovering who she was and who she was without Darien.

Diamond paced the room fuming. He was horrible at waiting for what he wanted. His obsession with Serenity and her power spurred him on. "Sapphire! Get over here."

"Yes, Sire," he stated, as he walked to Diamond.

"Tell me Endymion broke up with her. Tell me! I grow impatient to get her."

"Sire, they aren't even living in the same city. They are over. Most importantly, everyone here has been referring to her as your Princess Serenity. It is inevitable. How could she not want to be yours?"

Diamond calmed at this news. "Ha, you're right! She is mine. I just have to reach out and take her."

"Exactly, Sire."

Sapphire walked out of the room after that. Everything was going to plan. He needed to keep Diamond distracted and oblivious to his own movements. He was specially selecting and preparing the youma they would be sending once they arrived. He couldn't take the chance that Serenity could get hurt.