Konnichiwa, minna! Sailor Moon isn't mine, it belongs to the original
creatoress and the companies that dub, even though I'm not using the
dubbed names 'cept for Sammy and Ms. Haruna, etc.  Please don't sue me!
hehehe

This is the sequel to When the Impossible Happens.  If you haven't read
that already, I suggest you do as some of the things in this story
might not make sense otherwise.

*=emphasized
-=memories
^=telepathic message
'=thoughts
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--The Gates of Time--

	"Setsuna-chan!" A voice cried, and a figure came running
through the gates.  There was nobody there.  'Hm, that's strange...'
Tomoe Hotaru thought to herself, looking around the misty landscape.  A
shiver ran up her spine and she recognized the sense as something being
wrong with Chibi-usa.
	"She's not in the past, but Setsuna-chan's not in the future."
Hotaru mused.  A sliver of nervousness ran through her.  "I need to go
to the past, but usually Setsuna-chan's here to tell me where to go."
	Suddenly, a bright flash of light from the gates caused Hotaru
to have to shield her eyes.  When the light dimmed, standing in front
of her was a scout dressed in Setsuna's fuku, but it wasn't Setsuna.
	Hotaru immediately summoned her glaive.  "Halt! Who are you?"
she demanded, twirling the sicle end of the glaive around until it was
pointed straight at the intruder.
	The unfamiliar scout summoned the time key and the Garnet Orb
began to pulse slightly.  "Sailor Saturn.  Do you not recognize me?" A
calm voice said.  Hotaru could still not see the scout's face, but felt
an odd sense of familiarity.

--The Present--

	When Usagi got home, she found her mother waiting for her.
	"Usagi-chan... may I talk to you please?" she said, a bit of a
question hanging in her voice.
	Usagi began to feel worried and sat down across the table from
her mom.  "I'm worried about you." Ikuko finally said.  Usagi's head
snapped up in surprise.  "Why?  I'm fine mama." she replied, looking
back down at her hands.
	"Ever since your friend Seiya-kun moved, you've been going down
hill.  You don't go out with your friends that much any more.  All you
do is mope around the house."
	Usagi remained silent and waited for her mom to go on.  When
she didn't, she spoke up.  "I'm fine mama." She whispered, then stood
up and walked towards the stairs.
	"Usagi-chan," Ikuko called back up.  "There was a phone call
for you, just before you got home."
	Usagi paused.  "Who was it?"
	"I don't know.  He just asked if you were home and when I said
you weren't he said he'd just call back later."
	Usagi's eyes narrowed.  "He?" She asked.  'That's odd.  The
only guys I know now are Andrew, Greg and Melvin.  As far as I know,
none of them have my number!'
	Ikuko nodded.  "Yes, he.  He sounded familiar, though." she
said, finally getting up from the table.
	Usagi sighed and turned once more to the stairs.  The phone
rang and Ikuko went to get it.  When she wasn't called to the phone,
she went up the stairs to her room.  She was about halfway up when the
doorbell rang.
	"Usagi-chan, can you get that please?" Ikuko called up the
stairs to her.  Usagi sighed.  "Yes, mama!" she called down, and went
back down the stairs to the door.
	Looking through the side window, she saw three men standing on
the doorstep.  Not recognizing any of them, she turned on the outside
light and looked again.  A gasp of recognizance rose in her throat and
she stumbled backwards in shock and a little bit of fear.
	"M... mama! Could you please...?" Usagi yelled, a sob choking
off her last words.  She felt a shiver run up her spine, remembering
what had happened the last time those three had shown up.
	"My word, Usagi-chan are you all right?" Ikuko cried when she
saw Usagi's ashen face and widened eyes.  Usagi only pointed to the
door, then fled up to her room.
	Ikuko's brow furrowed and she went to open the door.  Opening
it, she was face-to-face with the same three men who had lifted Usagi's
spirits so much during the time of Mamoru's absence.

--The Future--

	Serenity was pacing in her room after being ordered out of the
infirmary by Ami for being too nervous.  It had begun to rub off on her
as well.
	There was a knock on the door of the royal chambers.  Serenity
hurried to the door and opened it, fully expecting to see Ami on the
other side, telling her that Chibi-Usa had woken up.
	Instead, there was an aide standing there, a grave expression
on her face.  "I'm sorry, your Highness..." she said, trailing off as
she handed Serenity the envelope.
	Fearing the worst, Serenity ripped open the envelope, fully
expecting a message from Ami.  Instead it was from the Sage.  Endymion
had, in fact, died.  During the probings of the Sage, he went on, it
was found that the outer sac surrounding the heart had broken.
	Serenity's eyes clouded as she read the message.  After she was
done reading it, she looked down and closed her eyes for a moment.
	"Thankyou for bringing me this message." Serenity said, looking
up.  "We will be sure to give Endymion the proper honors.  Alert the
kingdom and prepare a seremony for the day after tomorrow.
	The aide nodded and hurried down the hallway.
	Serenity went over to the window seat and sat down, staring out
the window at the magnificent rose gardens Endymion had grown.  There
were roses of all colors... red, purple, yellow, even a bush of silver
and gold in a private spot.  Endymion had grown it just for her.
	Serenity thought about Chibi-usa in the infirmary.  'Chibi-usa-
chan, please wake up soon.  Without Endymion, you're the only one I
have left.' She silently begged.
	-There's always someone there to help you. You're never alone.-
	Serenity spun around, looking for the source of the voice.
Seeing nobody, Serenity looked down at her hands, then went over to her
bed.  "I must be too tired to think straight." she said to herself, as
she laid down on her bed for a nap.  Within minutes, she was fast
asleep.

	"Seiya, answer me!" Usagi demanded, "Seiya come on, don't play
this game with me. Answer me!" She demanded.
	Seiya only groaned. He opened his eyes, slightly.  "Odango..."
He whispered. Usagi looked up and noticed they were right in front of
the building.
	"Seiya, I'll beat him. For you... for us. I'll kill him, he
won't be alive another day. He'll pay for causing this!"
	Seiya started slipping in and out of consciousness again and
Usagi shook him to keep him awake.
	Finally, Seiya said one last thing. "Odango, don't give up.
There's always someone there to help you. You're never alone." He said.
	"No... Seiya don't go! Oh, Seiya, I love you..."

	Serenity woke up breathing hard.  Her mind screamed at her with
incoherent thoughts.  She felt sweat dripping down her face.  Fear
gripped her heart and she worked vainly to steady her breathing.
	Having calmed down a bit, Serenity walked over to her desk.
Picking up a pen, she gripped it in her hand.  Knowing her message
would be incoherent if she wrote it, she merely took out a piece of
paper, and began burning in the words with her eyes.
	When she was done, she picked it up and slid it into the slot
that would instantly deliver the message to Queen Hino Rei's palace
offices.
	No more than a minute later, she had a reply.
	"I'll be down quickly, Serenity.  Queen Aino Minako has had
similar dreams and such."  The reply said.
	Serenity sighed.  So much had changed since she had become
Queen.  Her friends had began to drift apart; only she and Ami still
had the close friendship they used to share with the rest of the
Imperial Queens.

	"You're highness, my daughter has been learning the studies and
ways of my people quite well.  She is eager to take her place as Queen
and I do not wish to be away from you and Chibi-Usa-chan."
	Imperial Queen Mizuno Ami stood in front of Neo-Queen Serenity
and Neo-King Endymion.  Having stated her request, she stood with her
head bowed in front of the two.
	"Ami-chan, this is what you lived for!  After your mother died
and you took her place at the hospital, this had been your dream.  Now
you're giving it up for me?"  Serenity said, standing to join her
friend.  She remained silent.
	"We won't allow it, Ami-chan."  Endymion said.  "Your duty is
with your people, and your daughters is with her friends.  Chibi-Usa's
guardians."
	"Well can't I still rule from here?  You know my people are
very peaceful and rarely need such a guiding hand as Chibi-Usa-chan."
Ami pressed on.
	Serenity pursed her lips.  "So what you are trying to tell me
is that you would give up your dream in order to be here with us, and
for your daughters dream to come true?"  She said.
	Ami nodded slowly.
	A small smile spread across Serenity's face.  "You truly are a
great friend, Ami-chan.  Your wish has been granted.  You will continue
to rule here, but you *must* return to Mercury if any problems come up
that your daughter cannot handle, or if she is needed here."
	Ami smiled and she and Serenity hugged.
	"Now go gather your things.  I will prepare a room for you in
our wing." Serenity said, then turned and exited the room as quickly as
she had earlier arrived.

	Queen Hino Rei arrived in the middle of her rememberance, a
grave expression on her face.

--The Present--

	"Luna, why are they here?" Usagi whispered as she lay on her
bed.  Luna circled around and laid down by Usagi's head.  "Usagi-chan,
I can honestly say I don't know at this time.  Setsuna-sensei is back,
but we cannot talk to her.  The starlights are here, and Rei's
suspicions of a new enemy seem to be true.  I don't know what to
think."
	As she sobbed, her crescent moon began to glow, and a soft 
white light engulfed her body.  Usagi began to glow.
	"Usagi-chan?"  Ikuko knocked on the door, then opened it to see
her daughter sleeping peacefully.  Seiya peeked in around her.
	"Are you sure you want to wake her up?" Ikuko asked, smiling.
	Seiya saw the glow around Usagi, though Ikuko couldn't, but
shook his head anyway.  "She needs her rest. We didn't really give her
any warning that we were coming."
	The doorbell rang again.  Seiya went to answer it while Ikuko
gently closed the door behind her.
	The glow subsided, and Usagi's eyes opened slightly.  "Luna?
Did the doorbell just ring?" she saked.  Luna smiled her cattish smile
and nodded a confirmation.
	Usagi heard exclamations downstairs and looked outside to see a
familiar motorcycle parked in front of her house.  She became panicked
and began rushing around her room, trying to find her Luna Pen.
	"Usagi-chan, what's wrong?" Luna exclaimed.
	"Haruka-sama and Michiru-sama!  They're here!  The last they
knew, I'm dead!  I have to disguise myself!" Usagi exclaimed,
desperately.
	"Check your lunar pocket." Luna said, deadpan.  Usagi stopped
mid-yell and let out more of a squak instead.  "Oh, yeah.  Thanks!"
she reached into her Lunar Pocket and pulled out the small pen.
	"Disguise Power!  Turn me into an American exchange student
that my mother *knows*!" She exclaimed.  A moment later, a red-headed
tall super-thin teenage girl stood in the place of Tsukino Usagi.
	"Quick, Luna! I need a name!" She whispered to Luna.
	"Use Ashleigh.  Ashleigh Jacobs." Luna whispered back.
	Sighing in relief, Usagi opened her door and descended the
stairs to the living room.  She saw her mom, Haruka, Michiru, Hotaru,
Seiya, Yaten and Taiki sitting and talking.
	"Oh, Ashleigh! I'm so glad your up!" Ikuko exclaimed, and stood
up.  She gave *Ashleigh* a hug before introducing her to the others.
	"Ashleigh, these are some friends of Usagi-chan's.  Seiya-kun,
Yaten-kun and Taiki-kun are cousins.  Michiru-sama and Haruka...kun.
This is Ashleigh Jacobs from America."

---USAGI'S POV---

	I noticed Haruka and Michiru exchange glances after looking at
my mom, then to Seiya, then to me.  Seiya was studying my face as if it
hadn't changed at all, and maybe he could tell if it was really an
exchange student or not.
	'S**t! I forgot the starlights can tell!'
	^Okay, okay! Seiya-kun it's me!  Usagi-chan!  Please, don't
blow this in front of Haruka and Michiru!  As far as they know I'm
dead, and the imperium silver crystal wasn't able to bring me back.
Just please!  Don't blow this in front of them *and* my mother!^
	I saw Seiya's eyes widen as he looked at me, then to Haruka and
Michiru.  ^I won't say anything, Usagi-chan.  I won't even ask what you
mean because I'm not so sure I want to know.  I'll tell the others not
to say anything.^

---NORMAL POV---

	"Well, I'm going to go get some tea.  Do any of you want any?
Ashleigh?" Ikuko said, standing up.
	"Um, sure.  Thanks." *Ashleigh* said, trying her best to sound
shy and halting in her Japanese.  Ikuko smiled and nodded as the others
gave their orders, and then left the room.
	"Drop it, Usagi-chan we know it's you."  Haruka said the moment
Ikuko was out of hearing range.  Usagi's disguise quickly dissolved.
	"But... how... How did you know it was me?" Usagi exclaimed.
She glared at the starlights.  Seiya shook his head slighty to show
that it wasn't any of them.
	"That's for me to know and for you to find out.  Later." Haruka
said, standing up.  "We only came here to warn you.  That's all we can
say."  She said, helping Michiru to stand.
	In an instant, they had disappeared in a blinding flash of
light, leaving only a modified Space Sword and a modified Aqua Mirror
in their absence.
	Usagi picked them up, and they disappeared into her Lunar
Pocket.
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Sort of a cliffhanger, isn't it?  Oh, well.  Please send all comments,
critz, flames, etc to goddess_avalon@hotmail.com anything will be
greatly appreciated! Supashi-bo, ato! (Thank you, later!)

--Goddess Avalon