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Yes!!  My phone line is back!!  
Oh, for those of you that don't know, my phone line went out for a while, and
during that time I finished this chapter and I think the next two chapters, I'm
not sure, this is the only one I have on me right now.

I have all the chapters in .doc form on my main computer, this form is how I
write them, so they are the most complete, and the best looking.

If you would like any of the chapters in .doc form, or if you would like all of
them, just e-mail me with the request and I'll send it to you. (Free, as
always, why would I charge?)

This is after chapter 8, which I think I got out.  If I didn't, please tell me
so I can post it.

				Nexus

			Chapter 9: Queen Serenity

	At the doorway to the cafe stood a person wearing a black 
jacket, black pants, a dark green shirt and sunglasses.  
	"Daniel?" Ami stated.  "That's Daniel?" Makoto said, pointing
at the man dressed in dark colors.
	"Come on, Sarah, we've got to get back.  Jacob's waiting," 
Daniel said, ignoring the looks from all six of the people in the 
seats.
	Sarah quickly nodded, gathered up her pictures, and ran out of
the room with a quick wave to the rest.  Daniel remained, taking off 
his sunglasses and putting them in his pocket.
	"Hello, Ami.  Nice to see you again."
	Ami didn't say anything, she just looked at the table, not 
knowing what to say.  Mamoru stood up and stared at Daniel, who just 
stared right back, both seemingly studying each other.
	"I feel like I've seen your face before, but I don't know 
where," Mamoru stated after a short time.
	Daniel grinned and replied, "You may have.  I've gotten around 
a lot recently, but I haven't been on TV or in a newspaper yet..."
	"I don't know, but you still seem familiar." Mamoru returned.  
"Well," Daniel finally said, taking the sunglasses from his pocket, "If
you remember, me and my face will be in the neighborhood for a while."
He left.
	Usagi stood up in front of Mamoru, who was still standing.  
"What's wrong, Mamo-chan?" she said, sounding equally worried and 
hopeful.
	"Nothing.  He just gives me a strange feeling."

			* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

	Usagi woke up in a strange bed.  She clearly was not in her 
bedroom, probably not even in her house, but the place seemed familiar. 
 Stone walls surrounded her, the likeness of each wall broken only by a 
window and a door.  She sat up, and noticed she was still wearing her 
nightgown.  Usagi slid off the bed and gasped at the cold floor.  She 
walked over to the window and was shocked by the scene she was 
presented with.  
	The landscape was unlike anything she had seen before.  Grass 
only grew in special domes.  The sky was pitch black, speckled with 
numerous white dots.  The place was silent, as if in mourning.  But 
something else grabbed her attention. The Moon was nowhere to be seen, 
instead there was the Earth, taking up ten times the space the Moon 
did.
	"I'm...on the Moon, aren't I?" she asked herself.
	"Yes," a soft voice behind her answered.
	Usagi jerked around quickly, on to see an image of a very 
familiar woman in front of her.
	"Queen Serenity!?!" she exclaimed, not believing her own eyes.
	"Welcome to your mind," Serenity 
	"My...mind?  This...place is in my mind?"
 	"Yes, this place is in your mind.  Many memories of the Moon 
Kingdom and the Silver Millennium are locked away inside that brain of 
yours."
	Usagi unconsciously reached up and felt the side of her head.
	"Usagi, I don't have much time to talk to you, so I have to be 
quick.  I've got something you need to know.  You're not going to 
remember very much of this, but it's very important that I tell you," 
Serenity sat down on the side of the bed, facing Usagi.

	"What is it?"
	"Before I sent you to Earth, when you were about 5 years old, 
the Moon Kingdom was engaged in a war with probably the worst enemy we 
had yet to face.  An entire galaxy was against us, and as such, we were
losing."
	"Losing, but if we were losing, what got us out?" Usagi sat 
down on the bed alongside Serenity.
	"Well, we were nearly destroyed, when you reached 4 years old."
	"What does that have to do about it?"
	"Absolutely nothing...if you were a normal citizen...but 
because you were royalty, a Vanguard arrived."
	Anticipating the next question, she continued, "Vanguard is a 
name we give a user of a Dragon Crystal, which is our name for the 
crystal the Vanguards use."
	Usagi was puzzled, so Serenity explained a little.  "Let's 
see...um, how should I explain this...a Vanguard is like your senshi: a
soldier, a warrior, but, they are much more powerful than even you.  
One of the Crystals MADE the ginzuishou, so their crystals can easily 
destroy your crystal since Vanguards can use up their entire limit of 
power, if they even have one, without any danger to their health."
	"Okay...but why did a Vanguard arrive?"
	"When a prince or princess becomes 4 years old, it's time to 
choose their senshi.  Each senshi was picked based on skill of their 
area of expertise, and all around personality and attitude.  Since 
there was a war, the Vanguard collected all your senshi, then helped us
with the war.  He discovered that one of his own was the one that 
started the war.  The king, your father, helped him fight against the 
enemy.  Even my own senshi helped, whichever ones were still alive.  I 
don't know exactly when the war was over, it was a gradual end.  Two 
senshi were lost forever, in addition to that, I lost all of my senshi,
in either the fighting or when we attacked the Vanguard, half our 
kingdom was destroyed, and the Vanguard that helped us died, along with
your father.  I never found out what happened to them.  No one knows.  
Maybe the other Vanguards know something, but I didn't meet any of the 
others before...Beryl."
	"There's more than two Vanguards?"
	"Yes...fourteen in all."
	Usagi thought over this new information her mother was 
presenting to her.  "That's what you needed me to know?"
	"No, the Crystals cannot accompany the Vanguards anywhere 
except this plane of existence.  Now, when the two Vanguards left, both
the Crystals lost their owners.  The enemy's Crystal went to another 
owner immediately.  The other's went into dormancy."
	"Dormancy?" Usagi asked, "you mean like hibernation?"
	"Something like that."
	"So what?  Is it finally coming out?"
	Serenity nodded.  "I need you to try and find the new owner 
before the other one does, they pass down their personality traits to 
each new owner."
	"That's quite enough talking, Serenity!!"
	Serenity froze as a person materialized in front of her.  Usagi
couldn't even begin to make him out.
	"Leave this place now!!!" the man yelled.
	Usagi jumped up.  The man turned towards Usagi, and thrust his 
hand in front of her face.  Usagi's vision became wavy and blurred.  
She could barely keep her footing, and soon all was black.

				To be continued...

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