"Wow this is mature" They were drinking tea. Melvin and Darien had left, to go to the race track earlier, right after Dinner. Serena rubbed her arms. Darien had merely given her an intense stare that let her know she was going to pay for this later! She smiled absentmindedly. As long as she paid in kisses!

"So remember that ripped pajama set you had?" She asked.

"Oh Serena! I grew out of those years ago... but I still have them."

"How'd they get ripped?" Serena asked...she knew, but she wasn't supposed to.

Molly blushed. "I don' really remember. It's weird. It's like there was someone I wasn't supposed to forget, and I did, I just did. But then, that's okay, because I gave the ripped part to help Melvin. He's kept it ever since--isn't that silly? " she shook her head. "I had this awful scare one night--one night!--well, a coupl' times. I guess I kept forgettin' things,...and"

"Oh what Molly?" She asked. "Why'd you stop?"

"Yawr pocket is beepin' Ya have a beeper owr somethin?" Molly inquired.

"OH! Uhh heh heh, yeah!" Serena said. She got up. "Excuse me a sec. It's probably Darien. He likes to keep tabs and he misses me. "

"Oh you two are soooo sweet...first I thawt that guyz too ol' for you, but then...well he's as perfect for you as my Mel is for me" She sighed. "Hey why didn' he jes call you?"

"Uh yeah!" Serena said, rolling her eyes as she turned around. "It's a cell phone. Our private "love line"" <my Darien, and then Melvin who should be an alien...well, I guess Melvin's gotten better but still!>> Molly rolled her eyes as she flipped through the magazine while Serena went into the kitchen for the call. "Wow, she's so gone on him, it's too funny. I wonder if she knows how corny she sounds?"

Serena pushed the badge of her communicator. "HEY! What's up?" She said at Ami's face.

"We need you Sailor Moon." Ami said simply. "This has gotten much more complicated. I've contacted Susannah. She'll pick you up in a helicopter and fly you over here."

"Uh, why do you need me--I've gotten Molly talking now-- I can't just leave! It'll look funny..."

"Already considered. I've sent Venus over there. She'll cover for you."

"Why do I have to go" She started to whine, but stopped it short. "Okay. I'll be there."

The doorbell rang. Serena hung up the communicator, and went to answer the door "Sorry Moll-it's one thing after another tonight!"

In the door stood --Catsy?" Serena said...but the hair was blond "HI! I'm from the Venus Beauty Supply! We've got great make up to show you--I have that cream you wanted."

"I'm not interested." Serena said as started to close the door.

"OH! Serena, that's not true." The woman said blocking the door. She accidentally stepped on Serena's foot, who began to dance around.

"WHOOPS! But I have the perfect peppermint foot cream for that.. here, let's get you to lie down. I'll help. She pushed her up the stairs quickly out of Molly's earshot. "Serena? It's me, Mina --gosh you're slow tonight!"

Molly's voice called out loudly.. "HEY..are you all right Serena'?"

"OH fine Molly!! I've just uh, this woman left a cream sample in my room , I"m just gonna help her look. I'll be right down!" She said smoothly. "Why don't you make another pot of tea?"

Molly nodded and went back to the living room and through to the kitchen.

"That was close. " Venus said, as she stood there. She lifted the hat off her head, revealing her hair done as Serena's "Let me borrow your clothes. The closer we look the easier it'll be in case the disguise magic gets weak. I'm not sure how long this'll take you. "Her face flickered and she suddenly the girls looked like identical twins. "Here's the Luna pen. You can disguise yourself as the cosmetics woman. "

Serena nodded, and did so. "Are you going to be okay? "

"Never fear!" Mina said..."I'm an actress remember! I can play you."

"That's what I"m afraid of!" Serena muttered. "Okay...I'll see you soon."

She walked down and out--a few yards away a helicopter hovered.

"Get in. We're causing a scene." Susannah, no Sailor Pluto said.

She hurriedly did so. "It's so LOUD."

"I know." She pulled up and quickly it left.

"There's a helicopter out there!" Molly said..."Wonder what it was doing here?"

Joe grinned at his friend Ken as they sipped their beers... "You know Ken, you're good friends with that Lita girl aren't you? " he asked casually, though he didn't feel so casual. He'd been meaning to ask for months, since he'd seen her with Ken once. She seemed so familiar, but he couldn't place why.

"Lita, the Amazing Amazon?" Joked a pug nosed guy next to him. " The rough and tough girl?"

"Yeah, she's grown way up, but I have to say she's one mountain I'd like to climb."Another dim witted slob commented. Before Joe could even blink, Ken turned around and neatly pinned the mans arm "HEY." He said. "Don't speak about the lady like that. "

"Hey man, my arm, it's hurting." The man sniveled.

"Yeah, consider yourself lucky she didn't hear that rude comment. Or you wouldn't have an arm."

"Uh, I didn't mean any disrespect...man, let go!" The guy whined.

Ken let go, and two headed away to a table. "Sorry Joe. I'm very of protective of her. She's like my little sister. I didn't mean to cause a scene."

Joe breathed in relieved. "I thought you sounded like an angry boyfriend..."

Ken laughed. "Yeah, and Kerri would kill me if I had another girlfriend. No. Lita and I, well, we may not be just friends, but we're a million miles away from anything romantic! "

"Hard to believe, the way you sound about her--she's special to you.'

"Joe, Joe, Joe...when you were hanging around in arcades, Lita was there with me, playing ball, watching my back, defending me, teasing me...she is my sister in everyway that matters to me. We used to live next door to each other ..til her parents died. My parents took her in for a while so she literally did live as my sister. Then she moved out to live with a relative." Ken said. He knew the last was a lie. She lived alone. He helped her perpetuate the myth of the distant relative who saved her from the orphanage- well, Ken knew his parents would have tried to keep her. Lita was stubborn though--and it had been tough space wise after his little brother was born. Her consideration for others was one of the best things about her. Once he saw the independence was good for her, he didn't try to convince her otherwise. She'd been too much of a tomboy around him, and moving to her new school she'd developed female friends, and grown into a lovely woman. He smiled, proud of his friend.

"So, uh, if I wanted to ask her out, you wouldn't kill me?" Joe said.

"Only if you hurt her!" Ken laughed. "That is if she doesn't first!

"Well, the way you talk about her she sounds worth dying for." he kidded.

Ken's tone was somber. "She is .Anyway, she's been asking about you...she thinks I didn't notice but I did. I'd say call her."

They paused, and suddenly a commotion at the door caught their attention. A very beautiful woman was entering the bar. A couple guys said hello to her, she just kept walking, oblivious. Her hair was very dark--and, Ken thought, in the light of the bar it looked oddly , well, green.

He blinked. It must be the lighting he thought. Part of what was getting the attention was the incredibly short skirt she was wearing. It looked like a school uniform--but she was too old to be in school.

Joe sighed, knowing that the garb probably was getting more than a few fantasies going. They'd need a mop for the drool. He sighed...she probably shouldn't be wearing that in here. Then again, the guys in here shouldn't be so stupid. But they were.

"Think she needs help? " He asked Ken.

A couple of very inebriated soldiers on break leaned over and blocked her path. "Hey babe. I said hello. Don't you have time for a little hello,or a drink on me?"

She gave a twisted sounded snort. "Time? You ask me?" She shook her head with a weird, "I'm-amused, but-don't think-you'll-share-the-joke." kind of look.

Another interjected "Ignore him, baby, I've been looking for you all my life."

"You'll keep looking. I'm here for someone and It's not you." She said. She pushed her long staff, and the man got out the way. Imperially, she moved through.

Ken was about to go tell the guys to back off. He hated men disrespecting women.

"Hey, nice staff , but wait til you see the one I have" one guy snickered.

He stopped as she slammed the end towards him, landing an inch away from his head.

"If you want to keep it, you'll leave. NOW." She ordered. He ran out the door.

She turned her head. The top of the globe glowed faintly. She simply glared at another with her red eyes, and he sunk back. "Hey man, did you see those eyes?"He whispered to his companion. "Let's get out of here."

"Excuse me gentleman" She said coming up to Ken and Joe. "Joe, I am Sailor Pluto. We have need of your assistance." She gestured for him to leave.

Joe swallowed. The Sailors were real? A faint memory tugged at him, but he pushed it away. A long time ago, he'd been attacked , and then kidnapped, and when that happened he'd lost the memories of what happened. He got a bit of counseling over that, and had recently been trying to deal with his weird telekinetic powers.

He thought he'd lost them after the attack but realized that he hadn't. It was harder, but he could still do it.

He wondered if there was a connection. "See you later Ken!" He said, his voice a little strange.

The woman nodded. "Your friend will be back soon."

Ken followed them out. This was odd. He couldn't see where they were--then he thought he heard a helicopter taking off--"funny, they don't usually land here!" He could the see the silhouette of it tearing through the sky.

"That was odd....about as odd when I was attacked by that monster that one time." He frowned. A real sailor scout..well, he'd have to tell Lita about that tomorrow. She always seemed so enamored of them..he'd even found stuff (accidentally) in her apartment that was like the symbol for Jupiter. He smiled. So mature, and still such a kid that she had toys! He grinned, those things maintained a connection to an idealized world and as such couldn't be all bad he thought. The world was tough enough, and escape now and again was a totally good thing.

"Gosh, Serena you seem different all of a sudden. I mean, we haven't been spending much time together lately ."

"I guess we've both changed."." Mina bit her lip. She needed to do a better job. What was wrong with her? When she was Sailor V, she had to rely much more on herself. Now, that she had all the others, she'd reveled a bit in her lost childhood. She'd gotten ditzier and ditzier...till her merely opening her mouth sometimes drove Rei up the wall, or Lita to tears of laughter. She could do this. She would do this. "Oh so you were telling me about..."

"about that bandage...It's awfully romantic he kept it like that. Does Darien have anything like that of yours?"

"I don't know really..." She smiled. "Oh, I think they're coming back now!" Internally she felt a surge of panic. Could she pull this off?

"Hey Melvin--did you guys have a good time!" She asked.... Darien was looking at her oddly. She paused. She knew it looked odd that she didn't go and try to cuddle with him. "Hm. Can I have a word with you hon? We'll get you guys some tea!"

"But Serena--there's plenty of tea on the table!?" A puzzled Molly said.

"OH! Coffee then!"She said, dragging Darien with her.

"What's going on?" He said, pulling her arm up so she was against him. "And after that evening--you at least owe me a kiss." He moved forwards, quickly checking that no one was around...

For a half second, Mina was too stunned to move... but then she did and the kiss ended up on her bow.

Suddenly, Darien noticed he was kissing satin instead of his love's satiny skin. "Uh, Serena?"

"I'm Mina!" She said. She hurried to make the coffee. "I'm substituting...Sailor Moon was needed, and she couldn't just disappear on Molly...That was close!"

"What!" Darien blinked. He'd almost kissed Mina! Well,, she looked like Serena, but it still would have been awkward. Now that he thought about, he was glad he'd never kissed Rei. He'd pretended and so did she, that they didn't remember, but he was sure they both did about her crush on him. He'd long since learned to treat his girlfriend's beautiful friends as little sisters--it was the only way to deal with it--because though he loved Serena, his future wife, they both knew that just because you are in love with someone doesn't make you oblivious to others. Love was what made it possible to squelch any such impulses....but they needed to be squelched all the same.

"Sorry Mina." This was awkward he thought, regardless.

"It's okay. " She smiled. "Sorry I squirmed like that... nothing against you but when a guy's about to kiss me, I'd like him to kiss me...not Serena "

He smiled back. "So was the mission successful?"

"Phase one anyway--we've got to the get the cloth from Melvin!" She said. "I hope the others are okay."

"I haven't felt a thing. They must be."

She nodded, as she carried the tray out, she managed to knock the tea pot off the table. She blushed, and said "Well, good thing we have the coffee!" Everyone laughed, as she embarrasedly joined in as well. "Serena, you haven't changed at all!" Molly teased. Mina laughed to herself saying "Oh, maybe a little....sometime I think I"m a completely different person."

Darien turned over in his mind the times Serena had dressed like Mina to be with him on earth...oddly the exact opposite of the situation now.

"There--I can see the island." Joe shouted over the noise. No one would believe this--no, he couldn't believe it and he was right there! Sailor Moon --THE sailor moon was seated behind him and next to him was a Sailor he'd never even heard of but wouldn't forget. She was much older than the sailor's he'd seen in the movie adds and games. And the kicker is--they needed his help.

Expertly, Sailor Pluto landed the chopper. Thankfully thought Sailor Moon as she uncupped the headphones from her head. "THAT IS SO LOUD" She shouted...."I Can't hear a THING!!!"

"STOP YELLING!!!!" Pluto yelled. "You'll wake the DEAD with that SCREAM"

"You're yelling!" She muttered.

"Wouldn't want to inadvertently launch my attack." Sailor Pluto said calmly--"Go on they're over there. I'll wait here."

Sailor Moon ran, with Joe on her heels over to a large vat of ice. Up some weird ice stairs were three more sailors!

"Gosh, they're beautiful...especially the tall one!" He thought looking at them.

"JOE!" Jupiter said..."We're glad you're here. We need your ability"

HE frowned--did they know everything about him? His name--his secret talent...he couldn't believe this.

The one with the really blue hair (he looked twice for that) smiled and said "There's an object inside this animal. We need you to concentrate--we'll help, so you can dislodge it. it's a huge crystal---inside."

"This is so weird. " He said....

The one with the long dark hair fixed him with a stare as intense as flame. "Yes. But we need your help. We'll lend you strength." She threw a scroll of paper on him--and he felt a burst of energy...

HE closed his eyes, held out his hand--and felt it move towards him.

"It's working---he's doing it!" Sailor Moon chirped excitedly.

"I can see it now---keep going." Jupiter shouted....

He felt really really weak---he hadn't moved anything this big ever! Embarrassing, that he would snk, but he did to his knees. These women were fighters--they didn't give up. HE wouldn't either...He kept the tugging up...

"It's almost out!" He heard the one with long dark hair say...

He felt his head slump toward the ground...

Jumping, Jupiter caught him and gently picked him up and carried him to the copter. "I think he's feeling a bit weak. That was a huge energy drain. Look after him Pluto." Then she ran back to the others.

Mercury was analyzing the crystalline object that was three quart quarters of the way out of the whale creatures mouth, onto the lip of the pool. They could see something inside--yellowish and dark grey. That's all they could make out.

"This crystal needs to be cut..." Mars said, fingering it with her gloved hand "There---as I said, something is alive in there!!"

Jupiter grabbed the edges of the crystal and pulled.. She shot back as the object dislodged onto her falling over the side of the pool. Immediately, Sailor Moon used her healing on the Whale Monster--it's legs disappeared, and Mars melted the pool, and the creature slid back into the ocean, confused but conscious.

Jupiter wasn't faring so well. The crystal had landed on top of her. She was out--but otherwise unharmed. "That was a hard fall. She shouldn't have rushed to pull like that!" Mars said angrily, as she worriedly looked at her friend. "Jupiter--HEY"

Jupiter's eyes flickered up "I'm okay."

Sailor Moon shook her head. "NO! Go rest right now in the copter ..."

(Some alone time with Joe wouldn't be a bad thing either! She giggled to herself" Yep, fighter of justice and matchmaker!).

Ami was looking at the crystal. "We need something to cut into it. Like a laser or some other hot focused light."

Rei frowned. "We don't have anything like that here. Maybe we'd better wait -transport it back to the shrine, and work on getting something capable of cutting into it there."

Pluto cleared her throat. "I don't think we need to wait." She walked over to the crystal , fingered the surface, and then--launched her dead scream strait at the top. The huge globe of energy blasted the top, creating a huge crack, that split the thing in half.

Out of the remains of the shards stepped a man. Dressed in a uniform, blonde hair short, but slightly shaggy and in need of a trim. His eyes were points of rage. "SO! I'm saved from the eternal sleep for one more fight--Oh Beryl -you shall not regret letting me have one last chance." He prepared to attack, but was stopped.

ANOTHER ONE? He thought staring at the girl, no woman, carrying a staff. She returned the stare, her long green hair swaying in the breeze. " No. Beryl won't regret--ever again. She's dead." The woman said quietly.

"Dead?" He reached out with his mind--feeling an absence of the presence of his world. "How?" He questioned. Blankly he stared at the woman "Who are you?"

"Jaedite, I told you repeatedly." Sailor Moon said, "I am, Sailor Moon, the champion of justice, defender of the innocent. In the name of the Moon, I right wrongs and triumph over evil."

"But this is impossible..." He muttered. "Our world.. its all gone, how?"

"I triumphed." Moon said glibly.

"So you're here to finish the job? " His eyes looked wildly about. "Try then. I will preserve my honor."

He launched a blast of negative energy--but to his surprise found it blocked by a wall of ice.

"What! All you can do is make a weak fog!" He shouted in surprise at Mercury.

"I've learned a few tricks." She said smiling. "We all have. "

He tried again---but saw attacks blasted by a huge circle of flame. Weakly he fell to his knees. "WHAT?"

"That's only my second weakest. Really. " Mars said. "You don't have to fight us. You won't win. None of your fellow generals won. Don't fight."

"I have to--my world is gone!" He swore. He felt completely alone.

"We're not attacking you!" Sailor Moon pleaded. "We're only defending ourselves. We don't want to fight you--"

"There can be no other resolution. FIGHT ME!" He screamed---he whirled, since the other two scouts were protecting Sailor moon , he'd attack the unknown one. Maybe she wouldn't know his powers.

Sailor Moon screamed as the attack headed towards Pluto. A fire bird of energy swooped in knocking away the attack, followed by a blast of temporal energy which crashed into Jaedite immobilizing him. "why do you not finish me!" He shouted....he was almost about to faint, his energy dwindled to nothing. How did they have such power?

"I think now is the time Sailor Moon." Pluto said, stepping back.

"RIGHT!" She said, beginning to gracefully twirl the moon rod, as it gained power she sang "Moon Healing Activation!"

A bright shot of light rushed towards Jaedite-- swarming over him, until he felt himself being pulled apart and put back together--the right way... .he was *himself*. He remembered everything---NO! It couldn't have happened--how did he betray his love? How could the negaverse take him twice? He saw himself as a little boy growing up in the modern world, only to be snatched when he was 20, by a monster. He felt that fade away--everything fade into--the face that looked down at him now.

"Rei?" He whispered. He collapsed again....into oblivion.

"I think he's okay now Sailor Moon." Mars said--he looked as if he might be harmless now. She concentrated, reaching for evil. "I sense nothing evil."

Sailor Moon smiled. "Then let's go home! I bet the others will be real surprised to see him!"

I intend to create happy endings...but of course, for that you need beginnings and the story in between;). This was the beginning.

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