Konnichiwa, minna! *g* Any comments or critz will be accepted and appreciated! goddess_avalon@hotmail.com I do not own Sailor Moon, the creator and all of the companies that dub and all that kind of thing do. Don't sue me, I'm just a wanna-be author *g* Now ONTO THE STORY! *g* ----------------------------------------------------------------------- "Usagi-chan? Usagi-chan, dear, wake up!" Usagi's eyes fluttered open and she found herself staring right at Seion. "Seion... why don't I remember you?" Seion smiled sadly, "I don't know, dear. I hope you will soon, though. But right now, somebody really wants to see you." Seion slipped out of Usagi's room and Mamoru walked in. "Are you all right, Usako?" Mamoru asked, sitting down on the floor beside her bed. Usagi nodded, "Yeah... what happened, anyway?" She asked. Mamoru sighed, "I'm afraid the wiseman's at it again." He said, sadly. "What do you mean? You're not getting any more dreams, are you?" Mamoru shook his head quickly, "No, it's not me... it's you." "Me? What's he doing to me?" Usagi cried, sitting straight up. "Well... do you remember anything at all about tonight?" Mamoru asked, staring at her. "Not much... just that I went shopping at that Formal Store, a shoe store that Rei bought, the jewelry store that Molly owns now... and that I went to the Crystal Palace with you and you gave me this bracelet for beating the Wiseman in the future." Usagi held up her wrist to display the bracelet. Mamoru sighed, "So you don't remember what I asked you at dinner? Or what apparently caused you to faint?" "No... I don't, why?" Mamoru sighed again, "I don't like this..." he said to himself. "Rei-chan!" He called, and Rei came in, "See if you can hold any kind of force from Wiseman-baka from coming in here for a few minutes, will you?" Rei nodded and left, closing the door behind her without even touching it. "She's good." Usagi said, looking at the closed door. "Now. Would you mind explaining to me what's going on?" She turned back to Mamoru to see him in his armor. "Mamoru-chan?" She asked in disbelief. "That's me." He said and smiled. A soft white light enveloped Usagi and she was soon in an ivory dress much like the one she bought earlier, but was straight with puffy sleeves. "What's going on?" She asked, slowly. "This time, nothing is going to keep you from making up your own mind!" Mamoru said, firmly. "What in the world are you talking about, Mamo-chan? Has the Wiseman been keeping me from remembering anything?" Mamoru nodded, "For too long." He said and once again pulled out the box with the ring in it. "Now," Mamoru said, opening the box, "Usagi, will you PLEASE marry me?" Usagi stared at the ring. "Oh, Mamoru!" She exclaimed, softly, "Of course I'll marry you!" Suddenly, something in the room exploded. "You'll never marry!" The Wiseman shouted, and sent a blast straight at Mamoru. "Usagi!" He yelled, and disappeared. The only thing left was the ring. "Seion-chan! Minna!" Usagi yelled. Seion hurried into the room with the other scouts right behind her. "What happened?" She asked, her accent from being in Ireland for so many years finally leaking through. "Well..." Usagi started, slowly reaching to pick up the ring. "Usagi-chan! Shuushi!" Ami cried and grabbed Usagi's hand. "Ami-chan, you shuushi! I want to get that ring! Mamoru-chan gave it to me!" Ami, with some struggling due to one hand holding Usagi back, opened her computer and scanned the ring. "Usagi-chan, that ring is loaded with energy from the Wiseman! You need to use your scepter on it before you can touch it, otherwise, you'll be killed!" Usagi stared at it, sure enough, she finally noticed a faint dark glow around it. "I guess you're right, Mercury." She said and transformed. "Moon Eternal... MAKEUP!" "Moon... Scepter... ELIMINATION!" She yelled and aimed the beam at the ring. A few moments later, the ring dropped to Usagi's dresser, the stones glinting faintly in the rooms light. "Is it clear now, Sailor Mercury?" Ami brought down her visor and scanned. "Yup." She said and they both retransformed. Usagi picked up the ring and slipped it onto the ring finger of her left hand, and started crying. "The Wiseman took Mamoru!" Usagi wailed. "He WHAT?" The scouts and Seion exclaimed in unison. "Why the little..." Rei started, but was shushed by Seion. "Usagi-chan, please, tell us what happened!" She said. Usagi nodded and explained the whole story. "And now, all I have left is this ring!" She wailed and burst into fresh tears. Seion stood up as Luna entered the room. As Seion explained to Luna the events of the night, Luna was thinking. Finally, Luna spoke up, "Seion-sama, I think it's time for Usagi to receive the next new line of her powers." She said, making sure the others didn't hear her. "Luna! Are you sure?" Seion exclaimed, slightly overwhelmed. "I'm sure. There's no way for Usagi-chan and Mamoru-kun to re-unite unless she receives those powers!" Seion stared up at the ceiling. "Very well, Luna. I trust you." She said. "You must leave now, all of you." Seion said, turning around to face the group. "Usagi, you stay here. I have some important news to tell you." Luna slipped out of the room when she saw Ami, Minako, Rei, and Makoto begin to turn to leave. When the room was empty and the door closed, Seion turned to Usagi. "Usagi, I know you don't remember me, or anything about the earth back in the days of the Silver Millennium for that matter. But I was your mother's sister, by adoption. Under normal circumstances if that happened in this time, you and Mamoru-chan would be cousins. But that is not the way we did it back then. If a person was adopted, then that person wasn't really a sister, brother, son, or daughter at all, although they were treated as one." Usagi stared at Seion through teary eyes. "Mamoru-chan is my son, Usagi. You must save him! I am too weak to do it, for the Wiseman drained most of my powers tonight. There is only one way for you to do this." Seion's hand seemed to disappear partially as she reached into the air. When her hand re-appeared again, it was holding a deep blue heart-shaped diamond. "This is the heart of the ocean. Its powers are only revived when the princess and the prince have finalized their unity. Meaning, when they get engaged, in this time." Usagi stared at the deep blue crystal in Seion's hand. Seion handed it to Usagi. "All you need to do, Usagi, is yell, 'Serenity Power Engage!' and you will transform into Ultimate Eternal Sailor Moon." Usagi took the diamond and turned it over and over in her hands. "You must not let any of the other scouts see this until you perform this transformation for the first time in front of them. They must not remember anything of me from the past. All they know is what they found out tonight. If they see this before you use it, then all memories will be restored." "Why can't any of us remember you, Seion?" Usagi asked, turning to her. "Let's just leave it at Empress Metallia. Now go ahead and transform!" Usagi gave Seion a wary glance and put the diamond in the air. "Whisper it, don't yell it." Seion said, softly, and sat back to watch. "Serenity Power... Engage!" Usagi whispered, and she was surrounded by a soft blue light. Before she knew what was happening, navy-blue boots with silver crescent-moons on the front were on her feet, silver gloves with navy bands around the cuffs were on her arms, and she was wearing a totally new scout uniform. White body-suit with a vavy bow in the front and a silver bow at the base of her back, and a white skirt with a silver layer, then a navy layer underneath that. "Seion-chan? Usagi-chan? Come out here, quick!" Rei yelled from the other side of Usagi's closed door. "Just a minute!" Seion yelled out. "De-transform!" She said, quickly. Usagi nodded and transformed down into the regular Usagi. "Coming!" Usagi called out and opened the door. Ami was sitting on the couch in the living room, staring at her computer. "Usagi... I'm afraid I have some bad news." She said, slowly. Usagi immediately stopped in her tracks, "Ami... don't tell me he's..." Usagi trailed off as Ami looked down at her computer. "My computer lost all track of his energy patterns, and Rei can't seem to detect anything from him either." Usagi gasped and sat down right where she was on the floor. "That doesn't necessarily mean that he's... gone." Ami said, slowly. Makoto nodded, "It could just mean that the same thing's happened this time that did the last time!" Usagi shook her head, "But I won't have anything to make him remember this time!" Usagi wailed. Seion glanced at Luna, and Luna nodded and did a backflip. "Usagi-chan, there is one more item that your mother gave you that you have appeared to have forgotten!" Luna said, picking up the small jewelry box between her teeth. "It's the only way you will be able to get Mamoru to remember you if the same thing has happened!" Usagi sniffed again and took the box from Luna and opened it. Inside was a small silver crescent-moon shaped locket. Inside, there was a picture of Mamoru as Endymion in one side, and Usagi as princess Serenity in the other side. "I remember this!" Usagi said, softly. "Mom gave this to me the night before Metallia attacked..." Seion nodded, "I had taken the pictures candid. That was when you two were walking in the woods about two months before the attack." Usagi slowly put the necklace on and it began to glow. "He's still alive, is all I can say." Seion said, sadly. "We have to find him!" Usagi nodded firmly. "And this time, nothing will keep me from getting him back!" Seion smiled at the firmness in Usagi's voice. "Moon Eternal... MAKEUP!" She yelled, and transformed. "Usagi-chan! I just remembered something!" Seion gasped as she looked at the Crescent Moon Wand Usagi held. "What is it, Seion?" Usagi asked, turning to her. "Come here, Usagi." Seion said, and pulled out a silver wand with a hole in the middle that looked like a setting. "It belongs in here." She said, referring to the heart of the ocean. "You know have three weapons, Usagi." Seion said, inserting the diamond into the setting under the silver crescent moon that adorned the top of the wand. "The Crescent Moon Wand, the Moon Sceptre, and this... the Heart Wand." Usagi gazed at the wand, "But... Seion... I thought you said I was supposed to use that to..." She trailed off, "Oh my goodness!" She exclaimed, and took the wand. "Do not loose it, Usagi! It's the most powerful weapon from the past you will have. From the future, I don't know how many things they have come up with." "Seion," Artemis said, slowly, then trailed off. "Seion," He started again, "Didn't Mina-chan have something as well?" Seion thought for a moment. "There was something... but she cannot have it yet. She must wait until..." Luna shushed her with a slap of her paw against her arm. Usagi stood up, "Well what are we waiting for! We have to save Mamoru!" Ami put a hand on Usagi's arm. "Usagi, I hate to be the one to break this to you, but I don't think the Wiseman has the same idea for Mamoru as Queen Beryl did." Usagi looked down at Ami, "What do you mean?" She exclaimed, "He can't really be meaning to..." Ami picked up where Usagi trailed off, "I think he's using Mamoru as a lure. We must choose our fights carefully and not rush into anything we can't handle. You remember what happened last time, with the trap?" Usagi nodded, tears brimming in her eyes. "They might resort to that. For real." Usagi broke down. "No! We have to save him!" She cried, and fell down on the floor. The rest of the scouts and Seion waited while Usagi cried. But slowly, as she cried, the necklace around Usagi's neck began to glow. "Usagi! Usagi, stop!" Seion cried, and pulled her up. Righting Usagi, she pried open the locket. "Usagi's right, we don't have much time." Luna looked over Seion's shoulder. "Scouts, time is running out. Be prepared at all times and take all advantages to find out how we can gain entrance to the negamoon." She said, and left the room. Seion dropped the locket down, still hanging open and still around Usagi's neck, and left. Makoto, Minako, Ami, and Rei all went over to look at what had caused such change of attitude from Seion. "Oh, no!" Rei cried softly when she looked at the left side. The picture of Mamoru was slowly, but steadily, fading from existence. The next day, Usagi woke up, groggy. Immediately, she buried her head in her pillow and cried some more. "I'll get the Wiseman for taking you from me, Mamo-chan!" She muttered, then sat up. "I'm so glad it's summer!" She exclaimed, and went to her closet, taking a detour to pick up her scout communicator and call the rest of the scouts. "Luna," She asked after receiving where all of the others were going that day, "Do you think it would be better if we split up or stayed together?" Luna considered this for a moment. "It would be better if you were all split up. That way, there's more of a chance of picking something up." Usagi stared into her closet before picking up a bag and started stuffing some of her pool stuff in it. "Luna, would they recognize me if I used the Luna Pen?" She asked, holding up one of her old swimming suits. "I don't see how they would." Luna replied. Usagi giggled and got dressed as fast as she could. "Good!" She exclaimed, and grabbed her bag. "I'll call you if anything happens!" Usagi dashed out the door and ran down the street to a place where nobody was hanging around. "Disguise Power! Turn me into a super-gorgeous swimmer!" Light glowed around Usagi and she soon was wearing a simple silver bikini with a pair of black shorts and a gray tank-top. Her hair was now black and shortened, with a tight French braid. "Wow... I look good!" Usagi exclaimed to herself. She tucked the locket safely into a side pocket and walked into the pool area. Usagi didn't notice that everybody was staring at her as she walked in, just that Lafira was sitting on the edge of the pool, dangling her feet in the water. Usagi selected a chair by where Lafira was sitting and quickly slid off her tank-top. She slid off her silver sandals and gently lowered herself to the edge of the pool by Lafira. "Mind if I sit here?" She asked, surprised at how light her voice sounded, then she giggled. "No, that's no problem." Lafira said, "I'm Lorie... who are you?" She asked, straight out. Usagi laughed a little, "Oh, I'm Janice. I moved here from America." Lafira smiled slightly, "You seem to speak perfect Japanese for being from America. Although I do hear a bit of an accent." Good job on updating that Luna Pen, Luna! Usagi thought with relief. "Can I tell you a secret?" Usagi whispered, leaning closer to Lafira as if to confirm the confidentiality that it must be under. Lafira's eyes glistened with the prospect of holding a secret from Illsus, and nodded. "This world is so boring!" Lafira leaned back quickly, slightly taken back. "What do you mean by this world?" She asked, suspiciously. "I'm not even from this universe! I live on a planet forty-five million light years away!" Lafira smiled. "Well... to tell you the truth, I am not from this world, either. I am from the negamoon. My real name is Lafira." Usagi smiled, "Oh! You're the people who just captured Earth Prince Chiba Mamoru? Word travels fast around the universes and I can't believe how easily they let you take him!" Usagi looked at Lafira in fake awe, even though she was almost trembling in rage. "What do you plan to do with him?" Lafira looked at Usagi suspiciously. "Promise not to tell anybody?" She asked, dead serious. "I promise!" Usagi agreed eagerly. "Ok. There's not really much we're going to do. Torture him, mainly, until we draw his pitiful moon princess to us. Then, they die. Together, along with the rest of her friends!" "Oh really?" Usagi said, trying as hard as she could to remain calm. "Could you perhaps let me know when you're going to do this? And how to gain entry to your places so I can watch?" Lafira smiled, "Sure!" She agreed, excitedly, "Illsus hardly ever lets me do anything! Illsus is my husband, such a stick in the mud!" The stood up and walked back to their seats. Lafira wrote a few things down on a sheet of paper and handed it to Usagi. "There you go! We happen to have the exact date that we will be capturing the rest of the scouts if you want to come then." Usagi's eyes lit up. "Oh, I would love to watch! Please, tell me when!" Lafira regarded her carefully, "Your eagerness surprises me." Usagi lowered her eyes, "Please, don't be suspicious. I am a young warrior for our planet willing and wanting to learn all I can! If I learn it from an expert the better!" Lafira nodded, "Ok, then. I suspect you are the only person from your world on this planet at the time?" Usagi nodded, "Meet me back here in one week. We will capture them all at once." Usagi checked her watch. "Oh my goodness! I'm late! I'm so sorry, Lorie! I have to go!" Usagi exclaimed, grabbing up her things. "It was nice meeting you! One week?" She confirmed the date with Lafira, and left. Once she was a safe distance away from the pool, she became her normal self. Luna came slinking out from the bushes. "Luna, you would not believe the information I got! I managed to convince Lafira that I was from another Universe! She gave me all of the access codes and everything!" Usagi pulled out her locket and fastened it around her neck. She opened it up and looked at the pictures inside. "It's a good thing I did, too. Otherwise, well... you know..." Usagi whispered. The next instant, Lafira and Illsus appeared. "Well if it isn't the sorry looser Sailor Moon!" Lafira said, with a sneer on her face. "Back for more?" Usagi challenged, and stood up. "Moon Eternal... MAKEUP!" Usagi yelled and transformed into Eternal Sailor Moon. "You two are getting more and more unbearable! Well I'm here to put a stop to that! I am Sailor Moon and I stand for love and justice! In the name of the moon, I'll punish you!" Illsus laughed, "I think we've heard enough of that, haven't we, Lafira?" Lafira laughed, "You're just lucky we're waiting to get you and your puny friends until a friend of mine can be with us!" Illsus stopped in his tracks. "What do you mean, Lafira? Who's this 'friend' you're talking about?" Lafira turned to Illsus. "I met her at the pool this morning, Illsus! She's a strong warrior from a universe over thirty million light years away from here!" Luna glanced at Usagi. "Moon... Scepter... ELIMINATION!" She yelled while they were distracted. When the light and smoke cleared, they were gone. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Well, at least we found out Usagi's straight answer! But what's going to happen to Mamo-chan? *sob* --Goddess Avalon