Hello everybody!  Hi there!  Hello!  Nice to see you again!  Now that that's
over with, on to the important stuff.  Some of these characters are mine 
(one) some are not (most), I don't mean anything bad by using these 
characters, so don't take it the wrong way.  (It just means I really, really
like them).  

Since the Tsukino's don't have NA first names, I made some up.  Kenji is
Ken, no big surprise there.  Ikuko however is Ellen, and I didn't make that
up, Will suggested it, and I really liked it, so Ellen it is.

If you want to know what happened before, you really need to read Universal
and the first part of Universal B.  If you don't know about some of these
things, you'll end up confused.

(I'm kind of babbling, I know, I'm in that kind of mood today.)  If you like
the story, e-mail me!  If you don't like the story e-mail me!  If you don't
have any preferance one way or the other, e-mail me!  I want to know!

Sailor Moon Universal B

Chapter Two  Revelations


Serena stood holding the little girl gently in her arms, trying to
soothe her.  Everyone else was staring at them in disbelief.  Mr.
Tsukino's face started to get red.  Sammy came running into the room.

"Who is she, Dad?" he asked breathlessly.  "I opened the door and she
burst into tears and ran past me before I could stop her!"

"I don't know, but I want to know," Mr. Tsukino said rising to his feet.
"Who is she?  And more importantly, why did she call `my' daughter
`Mommy'?!" He was almost shouting at this time, but Serena just ignored
him.  Travis stepped in to try to help things out.

"It's just that when she was living here, she got to thinking of Serena
as a substitute mother," he said gently.  Darien was shaking his head
warningly, but Travis didn't notice.

"What do you mean, `living here'?" Mrs. Tsukino asked.

Travis stared, perplexed, and Darien decided to step in.  "He means,
when she was living here in town.  She had recently lost her mother and
latched onto Serena as a substitute.  Don't you remember?"

Mrs. Tsukino looked at the little girl who was still crying.  "She seems
vaguely familiar, doesn't she dear?"

Mr. Tsukino took a quick glance at the little girl and started to calm
down at Travis' explanation when his temper took another hit. The pink
haired child suddenly asked in a broken voice, "Where's Daddy?  Mommy,
where's Daddy?" she looked around and saw Darien.  "Daddy! she cried.

"DADDY?!" Mr. Tsukino yelled.  "That's the last straw!"

"Calm down, Ken," his wife said quietly.

"Calm down?!  Calm down?! My daughter's been playing house with a
college boy and you tell me to calm down!"  Mr. Tsukino was in a rage.
He'd already had to agree that his daughter and that boy could continue
seeing each other, but this had gone `far' beyond that.

"It's not like that, Mr. Tsukino," Darien announced even as he moved
towards the two girls.

"Stay away from my daughter, young man!" Mr. Tsukino shouted.

"Father!" Serena snapped, speaking to the others for the first time
since Reenie had entered.  "Will you stop being so silly?"

"Silly?!  Silly?!  I should ground you until you're thirty!  It's bad
enough you're dating someone so much older than you, but to pretend to
have a child with him!  That's going too far!"

"I'm going into the living room, you're scaring Reenie.  Don't come in
until you're calmed down or we'll be spending the night at Travis'."
Serena turned on her heel and walked out the door with Travis and Darien
in tow right behind her. Her father was left behind, his jaw opening and
closing as he tried to get over the shock of having his daughter talk to
him that way for the second time that night!  He growled and followed
them.

Sammy started to follow his father, there was no way he wanted to miss
this.  It sounded like his sister was going to get in big trouble and he
wanted to be there to see and enjoy the whole thing.

"Sammy," his mother said as he was about to walk through the door.

"Yes, Mom?" he asked as he stopped.

"Why don't you go to your room and play? I think we need to talk to your
sister alone."  Mrs. Tsukino's voice was kind but firm.

"But Mom!" Sammy said pathetically.

"No buts, young man, please go to your room, and I better not find out
that you sneaked down and were listening."

"But... but..." Sammy was silenced by a look from his mother and slowly
dragged his feet over to the stairs.  He looked back to give his mother
a pleading look, but she wasn't falling for it.  He went upstairs and
Mrs. Tsukino followed her husband into the living room.

Serena and Darien were seated on the couch, still trying to get Reenie
to stop crying.  Travis was ruffling the girl's pink hair.

"I want an explanation," Mr. Tsukino said, in a fake calm voice.  "Why
does she call you `Mommy' and him `Daddy'?"

"Well, like I said, she had just lost her mother when she came here,"
Darien started and then stopped as he tried to figure out an explanation
for the rest of it.

Serena took it out of his hands.  "Darien had just broken up with me,"
she looked sharply at her father, "Someone had convinced him it was for
my own good.  I needed someone to love, and Reenie needed someone to
love her."

"It was pretty much the same with me," Darien agreed.  "Reenie needed
someone, and so did I. Being away from Serena hurt so bad, but Reenie
could take some of the loneliness away."

"When Darien decided to take a month long vacation, Reenie and I got
closer, and then once we heard he was dead... That's when she started
calling me mommy.  It's also when I started to feel like she was my
daughter.  She's a lot like I was at her age.  Once he came back and we
got back together, she started calling him daddy."

"How did you think that up so fast?" Travis whispered.

"It's the truth," Serena answered just as quietly. "Think about it."

"Mommy," Reenie whispered, her sobs quieting to a seemingly endless rain
of tears.

"You ready to tell us what's wrong, Sweetheart?" Serena asked softly
then whispered, "First, we really need to rehypnotize my parents,
where's Luna Ball?"

"Luna Ball hypnotized them?  Is that why they don't remember her?"
Travis asked, almost loud enough for her parents to hear.

Serena nodded absently and bent to catch her daughter's whisper, "It's
not here," Reenie answered.  "It's gone, everything's gone."

"What do you mean?" Darien asked intently.

Mrs. Tsukino saw how intently they were all talking, and knew that
something serious must have happened.  However, she also knew that
someone must be worrying about such a little girl out alone.  She put
her hand on her husband's arm as he seemed about to start shouting
again.  "Travis," she called.

"Yes, Aunt Ellen?" Travis said, standing up and walking over to them.

"Do you know where she lives?" Mrs. Tsukino asked, nodding to Reenie.
"I'm sure there are worried people looking for her."

"I doubt it," Travis muttered in a low voice.  He continued in a louder
tone, "No, I don't know.  I heard that she left Tokyo about three months
ago.  The last time I saw her was our birthday party."

"Oh dear," Mrs. Tsukino thought for a moment, "Well, if no one knows
where she lives, then we'll just have to call the police and report her
to missing persons."

"You can't do that!" Travis practically yelled causing Serena, Darien,
and even Reenie to look up.  "I mean, if they can't find her family
they'll put her in an orphanage or something.  You can't do that to her!
You don't know what those places are like!"

"Neither do you, Travis. You were adopted when you were only a couple of
months old," Mrs. Tsukino responded, surprised at his vehemence.

Serena noticed the conversation and wondered what was upsetting her
brother so much.  She handed Reenie to Darien, and walked over to the
rest of her family.  "What's the matter?" she asked worriedly.

"They said they're going to call the police about Reenie," Travis
announced.  "If the police take her away, they're going to put her in an
orphanage!  It can't happen Serena, you don't know..."

"I don't know what, Travis?" Serena asked gently.  She was even more
worried, Travis was actually shaking.

"My parents told me a lot about orphanages.  When I was little, they
always said how they would send me back if I didn't behave.  You can't
let the police take Reenie to a place like that!"

"Travis," Serena said gently, "you know it's probably not really like
that, your `parents' just wanted you to behave, that's all.  But don't
worry, the police won't take her away," her eyes and voice were suddenly
hard again.  "That's `not' going to happen."

"Serena, we must report that she's here," her mother said gently.  "The
police must be informed, her family is probably worried sick. I know how
I'd feel if you were missing."

Serena shook her head.  "Her family knows she's here, there's no way she
could have gotten here otherwise.  She doesn't even live in Tokyo
anymore; she couldn't have come by herself."

Travis looked at her in shock.  "Serena, what the heck are you doing?"
he hissed too low for her parents to hear.

She threw a smile at him before turning towards the two on the couch.
"Reenie?" she called gently.  When she got no answer, her voice got a
little louder.  "Small Lady," she called, forcing the little girl to
look at her.  "Are your parents in danger again?" she asked softly.

Reenie nodded, at first slowly, then desperately.

"Danger?  What do you mean danger?  And I thought her parents were
dead?" Mr. Tsukino asked, totally confused and more than a little
worried.

"No, her parents aren't dead, at least they weren't the last time I
talked to them," Serena said, having been too preoccupied to really hear
Darien's explanation.

"That boy said that she lost her mother, and that's why she treated you
as one!" Mr. Tsukino's voice started to get louder as he considered that
`that boy' might have lied to him.

"Well, I suppose that's one way of thinking of it," Serena said
thoughtfully.  "But she didn't lose her mother by her dying."

"Oh, the poor dear," her mother put in immediately, "Divorce is so hard
for children that age.  So her father got custody, hmm?"

"No Mom, not divorce either.  Her parents were... diplomats."  *Be
careful, Serena,* she thought to herself, *can't tell them too much of
the truth, but this might just work.*  "They were attacked, and her
mother was in... a... a coma!  That's the word I wanted.  Because her
father was busy, doing both of their jobs and taking care of his wife,
not to mention he was worried about her getting hurt, Reenie came to
stay with family here in Tokyo."  *There!  And not a single `real' lie
in the whole thing.* Her parents watched their daughter during the whole
explanation. They knew she didn't lie to them.  Serena was elated as she
watched her parents' expressions as they started to accept it.

"So why is she here now?" her father asked.

Serena had already thought of this.  "Her parents are in danger again.
Maybe it's the same people as before, maybe somebody different wants to
hurt them but I guess they wanted to get Reenie out of the way, and knew
I would take care of her."  She changed that.  "I mean, they knew `we'
would take care of her.  We will, won't we?  Please?  We can't let her
get hurt, they expect us to make sure of that.  Please let her stay!
Please, please, please!"  Serena seemed about to drop to her knees and
beg.

Travis had finally gotten over the shock of what his sister was saying.
He decided to help out.  "It's okay, Serena, I'm sure if your parents
won't let her stay, my uncle won't mind if she comes and lives with us.
He'd never turn away a little child who's in danger like that."

Serena's parents turned, almost automatically it seemed, and looked at
the little girl.  She had almost gotten her tears under control and was
looking at them with tear wet red eyes.  Dressed in her pajamas,
clutching a bedraggled gray kitten and broken doll, she was a pathetic
picture.  One no mother could resist.

Mrs. Tsukino showed herself to be as susceptible as any other would.
"Oh, the poor little girl.  How would we explain her if she did stay
here?"

Reenie answered this one.  She had finally gotten enough control of
herself to join in.  She slipped off of Darien's lap and walked over to
Mrs. Tsukino.  "Auntie Ellen?" she asked timidly.

"She could be my cousin, couldn't she?" Serena asked.

Mrs. Tsukino couldn't help herself, she swept the little girl up into a
hug. "I guess it wouldn't hurt if you stayed here for a little while,"
she agreed.

Mr. Tsukino obviously wasn't convinced.  "Hold on Ellen, don't go making
promises you might not be able to keep.  I still have some questions.
What's your name, little girl?" he asked.

"Reenie," she answered softly.

"Reenie what?" he asked again.

She hesitated, throwing a desperate glance at her mother and father.  *I
can't say Chiba or Tsukino,* she thought to herself, trying desperately
to think of a name.  As Mr. Tsukino seemed to be getting impatient she
finally blurted out the only thing she could think of.  "Moon!"

Serena, Travis, and Darien blinked in shock but the adults didn't seem
to have any trouble accepting it.  "Is that with an E?" Mrs. Tsukino
asked.

"Yeah, Moon with an E, that's my last name," Reenie agreed quickly.

"And your first name?  I'm sure it isn't really Reenie," Mr. Tsukino
continued with the questioning.

Once again, Reenie tried to think of an answer that wouldn't give
anything away.  She knew she couldn't use Serena, but nothing else was
even close.  She looked over at her mother who was mouthing something.
Reenie tried to read her lips.  "Serenity," she finally realized.
"Reenie is short for Serenity.  Serenity Moone."

Darien waited until he was sure he wasn't being watched before he
dropped his head in his hands.  "Serenity Moone?" he mouthed to himself.
Even with the seriousness of the situation, it was all he could do to
keep from laughing.  He looked up to see Travis' eyes twinkling madly
as he tried to keep his lips from twitching.  Mr. Tsukino's next
question drove all thoughts of laughter from their minds.

"Why here?  Serena said that you stayed with family last time you were
in Tokyo, so why aren't you staying with them this time?"

Reenie opened her mouth to say "I am," and then realized that would be a
really bad answer.  Instead she said, "Puu's gone."

Serena, Travis, and Darien gasped.  The older Tsukinos looked at them in
surprise but they didn't notice.

"What do you mean, Puu's gone?" Travis asked.  "Puu never leaves."  He
had just stopped himself in time from saying Sailor Pluto.

"She's not there!  She's not home and... and it looks like she's been
gone a while," Reenie answered.  "It's all dusty, and the light at the
gate is out."

"I didn't think Puu was able to leave," Serena said, "at least not for
long."

"That's what I thought too," Darien agreed.  "Are you sure?  You went
there first, right?"

Reenie nodded, "Mm-hm, I went there before I came here, it's empty."

"Have you heard anything about it?" Darien asked Serena.

She shook her head.  "I thought she was still there, I didn't have any
reason to think otherwise, and there was nothing I could do about it
anyway."

The younger members of the group had pretty much forgotten the older
ones in their shock at the news.  They barely remembered them enough to
not use Sailor Pluto or the Gate of Time.  However, their conversation
allowed the parents to draw a few conclusions of their own.

Ellen Tsukino handed Reenie back to Serena and said, "I need to talk to
your father, we'll be right back."  She took his arm and led him out of
the room.

Once they got outside of the living room, and she checked to make sure
Sammy wasn't around spying on his sister she turned to her husband.  "It
sounds like the person she was supposed to stay with is dead or has
moved and her parents didn't know.  It also sounds like that person
would not have been a very good caregiver in the first place.  Not able
to leave her own home!  No wonder that little girl found someone who
would, and could, care for her outside.  I think we should let her stay.
If what Serena believes is true, sending her back to her parents could
just put her in danger."

"Think about it logically, Ellen.  Her parents must think she's with
this `Puu' person.  Though any parents that would just drop a child off
and leave her without even checking to be sure someone was home, are
criminally negligent.  I think we should call the police and let them
handle it."

"But they'd put her in an orphanage, Ken.  Travis is right about that.
And he seems so... so... I would almost say he's scared of them.  I know
his parents were just trying to scare him into being good, though I
can't really imagine him misbehaving, but what if it `is' like he
fears?"

"Look dear, at the moment, our problem isn't with Travis, it's with that
little girl, Serenity.  I say we should call the police, and they can
get in touch with her parents."  Ken hugged his wife, "I really do think
it would be the best thing."

"And if they take her back to her parents, and she gets hurt or killed?
Would Serena ever forgive us?  Would `we' ever forgive ourselves?" Ellen
leaned her head against his shoulder.  "She's such a cute little girl,
and she reminds me so much of Serena at that age. I just can't bear to
think of her being hurt.  Can't she stay for a little while, at least
until Serena has a chance to get in touch with her parents?  She said
she'd talked to them before."

"That's another thing, how come we haven't heard of this before?" Ken
suddenly realized.  "Serena doesn't keep secrets from us.  At least she
didn't before `that boy' came on the scene."

"I `do' remember seeing that little girl around before, don't you?  It's
probably just these things with Travis and Darien were so important that
she never really had a chance to tell us."

"I suppose.  And I guess I do remember seeing her... but I still don't
think this is the best way!" Mr. Tsukino reluctantly agreed.

"It will only be a little while, dear, just until we can get in touch
with her parents.  So she can stay?" she asked again, just to be sure.

"She can stay!  She can stay!  Are you happy now?"  Ken Tsukino shook
his head as they went back into the living room.

Meanwhile in the living room another conversation had been going on.

"Oh, Reenie, I've missed you so much!"  Serena cried as soon as her
parents were out of the room.  "I didn't think I'd get to see you for
another thousand years!"

Darien was there as well, "Hello sweetheart, are you okay?  You're not
hurt anywhere are you?" he asked as he gave the little girl a hug and
looked her over.  He exchanged glances with and petted the little gray
kitten on her lap.

"Hi Rabbit, nice entrance," Travis said, trying to lighten the
atmosphere.  It worked.

Reenie smiled at her uncle before frowning fiercely.  "Don't call me
`Rabbit'!" she demanded.

Serena and Darien laughed, and then smiled their thanks at Travis.

"I wish you had Luna Ball with you, there's no way to know if they're
going to let you stay," Serena said worriedly.

"They're not going to take me away, are they?" Reenie asked fearfully.

"Of course not!  I would never let them do that!" Serena's voice was
determined.  "If they didn't believe what I said, then you'll probably
be living with your father.  You can take her, right?" she asked.

"I want to know how you did that," Travis asked before Darien could
answer.  "I thought you hated to lie!  But you were lying like a pro
there."

"None of it was really a lie.  Think about it.  Besides I've had a lot
of practice," Serena said sadly.

"Practice?  Why would you have practice lying?  It just doesn't seem
like the kind of thing you'd do," Darien put in.

"I didn't lie!  I just didn't tell the whole truth!  And anyways, what
choice did I have?  And you'd better learn too, Travis," Serena said.

"Learn to lie?  Oh, you mean about Reenie, I guess I can do that,"
Travis replied.

"Not to lie!  Just... learn how to tell parts of the truth, that's all.
No, I don't mean about Reenie.  What are you going to tell Uncle Jake
the first time he catches you coming in at two o'clock in the morning?"

Travis looked at her, "Why would I be coming in at two o'clock in the
morning?  I'm usually in bed long before then."

"You're a Sailor Scout now, Travis, and that means leaving in the middle
of the night when there's an attack.  It means falling asleep in class
because you've been fighting all night.  It means trying to find a good
reason for coming home with cuts and bruises, for leaving in the middle
of dinner because there's an emergency, for disappearing when a youma
comes on the scene so you can show up in your other form.  Our choices
are two.  Number one is to tell our families everything.  In which case
we take the chance they might get hurt, or they might accidentally blurt
something out, or in your case, print something.  Or we can tell them
part of it and hope they believe it.  I made my decision when I started,
it's time for you to make yours."  Serena's voice was deadly serious and
a new respect showed in the eyes of her brother and boyfriend.

"I never realized you had to go through all that," Darien said quietly.
"I never had that problem because I live alone."

"And up until now, so did I," Travis agreed.  "Is that why you brought
it up now?  Because Uncle Jake is staying home."

"That, the fact that Amy and Raye say the Negaverse is back, and the
fact that Reenie came back.  I'd say we've got problems."  She turned to
the little girl in her lap, who had been listening silently and with
wide eyes to her mother's speech.  She'd never realized what Serena had
to do to get away with being Sailor Moon, and she didn't even have a
Luna Ball to help her!

"Now, little one, are you ready to tell us what's the matter?"  Serena's
voice softened amazingly as she talked to Reenie.

"I don't know if I should," Reenie said in a very quiet voice.  "Puu
said never to tell anyone of the future, never."

"But you said she wasn't at the Gate?" Darien asked gently.

Reenie seemed about to cry again, but she was all out of tears.  "She
wasn't, but she said it before, she said if it ever happened that I had
to go into the past again, not to tell what happened."

Travis seemed about to ask another question, but Serena held up her
hand.  "You've got to give us some information, Reenie, if not what the
future is, what the danger is."

Reenie looked stubborn.

Serena sighed.  "Small Lady!" she commanded.

Reenie jerked upward, she knew that voice.  "Yes Mother?" she asked
immediately.

"What has happened?  Why are you no longer in Crystal Tokyo?"  Serena's
eyes were kind but determined.

"There is no Crystal Tokyo!" Reenie almost screamed, her eyes wild as
she remembered the desolation that should have been her home.  "Crystal
Tokyo never existed!  The future's different.  All different."  Reenie
found she did have tears left in her as she collapsed weeping and
Serena, Darien, and Travis swept her into a group hug.

They were about to talk about it when Serena's parents came back in the
room.  Mr. Tsukino glowered as he saw Darien with his arms wrapped
around Serena and the little girl.

"We've decided," Mrs. Tsukino announced.  "She may stay, but only for a
little while, and Serena, you need to get in touch with her parents as
soon as possible."

"Thank you, Mom!  Thank you, thank you, thank you!  She won't be a
bother, I promise!"  Serena ran to give her parents a hug, while
murmuring her thanks.

"Serena, you're acting like we're giving you permission to keep a cat
that followed you home," Mrs. Tsukino said, causing them all to laugh.

"Now I think it's time for you boys to get home," Mr. Tsukino said
calmly, but his eyes stayed on Darien.

"I think he's right," Travis agreed, "I'll see you tomorrow."

"Bye love," Darien whispered to Serena, before bending down and giving
Reenie a hug and kiss.  "I'll see you two in the morning."

"Bye, Darien," Serena whispered back.

"Bye, Daddy," Reenie answered.

Serena's father's glower followed him out the door.

Serena watched him for a second.  "Um, Reenie?  I think you might want
to call us Serena and Darien, before Dad has a heart attack."

"Okay, Mommy," Reenie agreed.  At her mock glare, "Sorry!  Okay Serena,
I'll try to remember."

"Reenie?" Serena's mother asked quietly.

"Yes, Mrs. Tsukino?" Reenie responded.

"Let's make it Auntie Ellen again, okay?"  She waited for Reenie's nod
before she continued, "You're going to be staying in Serena's room while
you're here, she can show you where it is.  Where are your clothes?
Surely you didn't come to Tokyo without any?"  Serena's mother smiled
gently.

"I... lost them.  I don't know where they are.  I was running because I
wanted to be with Serena and I was scared and I guess they're somewhere
out there," she finished in a quiet tone of voice.

"I'll look for them tomorrow, okay Mother?" Serena asked, "and if we
can't find them, I'll buy her some."  At her mother's look, she
continued, "I'm sure I'll get reimbursed," she shrugged.  "And now, I
think it would be best if I got her into bed, okay?  I'll find her
something to wear in the morning, take her with me when I go meet the
others and then take her shopping."

"I'll go with you," her mother said instantly.  As it looked like Serena
was about to refuse, she continued, "No, no, I insist, but I think it's
best we go first, I'm sure your friends can wait.  We'll go to the mall,
okay?"

Serena suddenly grinned.  "You said the magic word, Mom, we'll go
shopping first."

"There won't be any trouble between Luna and that kitten will there?"
Mrs. Tsukino asked.

Serena looked down, surprised.  With all that had happened, she hadn't
even realized that there `was' a kitten.  When she saw the crescent moon
on the gray kitten's forehead she grinned.  "Don't worry, Mom, I don't
think Luna will have any problem getting along with `this' kitten."

Ken Tsukino watched his daughter and the little girl climb the stairs.
"I still have one question" he said thoughtfully.  He looked at his wife,
"Why is she in pajamas?"


Serena and Reenie reached her room, went in and closed the door.  Luna
looked up, she had been sleeping on Serena's bed the whole time.  "So
how did it go?" she asked.  Then she noticed the other girl with Serena
and bolted upright.  "Reenie?!"

Before Reenie could answer, another did.  The kitten, who had sat silent
in Reenie's arms the whole time, barely even moving and hardly noticed,
saw the cat sitting on the bed and her eyes went wide.  She wiggled out
of Reenie's loose grasp and up on the bed.  A foot from the dumbfounded
black cat she stopped.  And just stared.

"What's the matter, Diana?" Serena asked lightly, going over to pet the
two cats.  "You act like you haven't seen your mother in years.  Of
course, it's not `your' mother, but still..."

"She hasn't," Reenie said softly, "in the future she comes from, she
hasn't seen her mother for years, and almost the last thing Luna said to
her was not to talk where people could hear her."

Serena and Luna turned to look at her in shock.  "The future she came
from?" Luna asked.

Reenie nodded, "It's different than the one I came from, very different.
Awful."  She fell silent.

Diana finally spoke.  "Mama?" she said in a very, very soft tone.

"Yes, kitten?" Luna answered compassionately.

"MAMA!" Diana suddenly yelled, and threw herself across the small bit of
bed separating them.  Before the others could blink, she was all over
Luna, rubbing against her, under her belly, and her neck, seemingly
trying to memorize her by feel while purring as if her motor would
break.

Luna just stood there for a long moment, before she started to gently
lick the top of Diana's head.  She started to purr as well.

"Oh Mama, I've missed you!  I did what you said, I took care of
Serena...  sorry, Reenie, and I didn't talk.  But I was so lonely! Where
did you go? Why did you and Papa have to leave?  Was it something I
did?"

"Diana," Luna said softly, "I'm not that Luna, this is long before you
were born, so I don't know.  But I must have had a good reason, and
whatever it was, it couldn't be anything you did.  I've only ever met
you once, and Reenie says that wasn't you, but you could not be that
different, and I cannot believe I would be either, and I know that the
last time I saw you with your parents, they loved you as much as
Reenie's parents loved her."

"How long have you been by yourself?" Luna asked next.

"Ever since I was a little baby," Diana answered.

"I thought so.  It looks like no one has ever taught you to wash
properly, the hair on the back of your head is all matted," Luna fell to
washing the little kitten.  Diana remembered back to when she was a
baby.  It seemed one of her parents was always washing her, she used to
hate it.  Now it felt like the most wonderful thing in the world to be
cherished like that.

Serena had left the room during this, and came back in, dressed in her
pink pajamas.  She slid into bed, picking up the two cats, and settling
them together on her chest as Reenie slid in next to her.  "Whatever has
happened, we'll find a way through it.  I promise you, all of you.
We'll find a way.  After all, we're Sailor Scouts aren't we?  And the
Sailor Scouts have never been beaten."  Reenie smiled in agreement and
immediately fell asleep.  She had had a long day.

"But there are no Sailor Scouts in my time," Diana said softly.

"Well, maybe by the year 2990 what?  What exactly was the date you come
from?" Serena asked around a yawn.  She had had a long day too.

"2013," Diana answered.  "I come from 2013 and Reenie was born in 2005."

"Oh, that's good," Serena said as she slid into sleep with Reenie wrapped 
in her arms, and the cats curled up on her chest.  Reenie was still 
clutching the doll as she slept in her mother's arms.


The next morning.

"What?!"  Serena said, jerking awake, bounding up in bed and throwing the 
two cats curled around each other on her chest onto the floor.  "What did 
you say?"

"What?  What?"  Luna said jumping to her feet and looking around wildly.  
"Is it an attack?"  She then noticed where she was and realised Serena's
movements had thrown her off the bed again.

She looked up to see a sleepy looking Diana had bounded up onto Reenie's 
chest, instinctively trying to protect her as best she could.

Reenie also jerked awake and looked around wildly until Serena's
presence reassured her that she hadn't woken up in a different place
again.

"What's the matter, Serena?" Luna asked grumpily.  She hated being woken
up like that.

"Diana, what did you say?" Serena asked again.  "I thought I heard you
say that Reenie was born in the year 2005.  No that's silly, it must
have been a dream."  Serena calmed down.

"But that `is' when Reenie was born," Diana said timidly, yawning.  She  
didn't understand why it was so strange.  After all, these people knew 
more about time travel than she did, she shouldn't be having trouble with 
the concept.

Reenie woke up fully at that and quickly put her hand over Diana's 
mouth before she could say more.   "We're not allowed to talk about 
the future, either of yours or mine," she whispered to the kitten.  
Then what had just been said hit her.  "2005?" she whispered in shock, 
too quietly to be heard.

Reenie looked at her mother.  "The future's changed," was all she said.
To herself she finished, *But I didn't know it changed 'that' much!*

Serena looked about to argue when she noticed the time.  "We're going to
be late!" she shouted, and grabbed her clothes as she ran out of the
room.  Luna put her head down and sighed, but Reenie laughed.

"It's good to see some things don't change," she said, still laughing,
before getting up and trying to find something in Serena's closets that
would fit her.  She stopped once, and spent a long time looking at one
outfit.  It looked like it was made to fit a five year old, and was
folded carefully, and put where it wouldn't be messed up.  Reenie slowly
smiled gently, "I love you too, Serena," she whispered, touching the
fabric.  Finally, she found a pair of shorts that were too small for
Serena, and too big for her, but still the best she could do.  A small
T-shirt, and belt managed an outfit that didn't look too many sizes too
big for her and wouldn't fall down around her ankles when she moved.

Serena called Travis on the communicator.  "I'm sorry, Travis, I can't
make the meeting this morning.  Mom wants to take us shopping to get
some clothes for Reenie.  I figured it was best to give in to her on
this one."

"I'll just bet you did," Travis said, "I can hear you grinning all the
way over here.  All right, I'll reschedule the meeting.  Eleven o'clock
okay?" he asked.

"Um... I'll try," Serena agreed.

"It was a stupid suggestion," he said, "I know you and malls, is two
o'clock okay?" he asked.

"We can make that," she said easily.

"Good thing I hadn't called anyone yet," he said smiling, "I figured
you'd had a big night, and wouldn't be out of bed until I came over
there with some ice water."  His voice changed, "How's Reenie?" he asked
seriously.

"Better, I think.  She still won't talk about what happened, but Diana
didn't know they weren't supposed to and she said something I'm still
trying to understand.  She said that Reenie was born in the year 2005."

"That's not possible!  Reenie won't be born for another thousand years!"
Travis kept his voice down with an effort.

"All Reenie will say is that the future is changed, then she goes
silent," Serena answered.  "I've got to go, Mom's waiting.  We'll be at
the temple at two, I promise."


After breakfast, Mrs. Tsukino, Serena, and Reenie headed towards the
mall.

"So which store first?" Serena asked as they stepped inside.

Her mother looked around, "There's a new kids' clothing store over by
the food court, isn't there?" she asked.

"Mm-hm," Serena answered.  "Look over there, Mom, do you see the girl
with the really pale blonde hair?  It looks like it's almost white."

"Yes, I see her.  What about her?" Mrs. Tsukino said, looking ahead for
the store that was their first stop.

"That's Crystal, she's new in school, and I think Travis has a crush on
her," Serena giggled.

Reenie and Mrs. Tsukino turned to take a closer look at the girl.
"She's pretty," Reenie said, also giggling.

"Yes, she is," Mrs. Tsukino agreed, "It looks like Travis has good
taste."

"His taste can't be too good, or people wouldn't have thought he was
dating Serena at first," Reenie grinned, falling back into their normal
pattern of bantering if there wasn't something serious going on.

"I think that just proves how good his taste is," Serena disagreed.  "I
mean, if he was dating me, his taste must be good."

"I think he showed more taste by `not' dating you," Reenie said.

Mrs. Tsukino laughed as she listened to their teasing.  Although they'd
said they thought of each other like mother and daughter, it was
sounding like they considered themselves sisters.  She knew her husband
would be happy to hear that.

As they walked through the mall, Serena and Reenie would stop every once
in a while to look at things.  It took Mrs. Tsukino fifteen minutes to
get them out of the toy store and she sighed as she realized it wasn't
the youngest one giving her the problems.  "Serena, let's go!  We're
here to get clothes for Reenie, remember?"

"But it's so cute!  Look at it!"  Serena held up the stuffed cat to show
her mother.

"You got one of those for your birthday, remember?" Mrs. Tsukino said in
a long suffering tone.


They had almost reached their destination, after numerous stops, when
they were distracted by the sound of breaking glass.  Serena and Reenie
threw themselves down as the skylight in the middle of the mall was
shattered by something falling through it.  Serena covered Reenie's body
with her own as the glass shards fell around them.

Mrs. Tsukino was still staring in disbelief as the debris cleared and a
monster was revealed.  It was covered in razor sharp spines all over its
body.  Her scream joined many others as it raised its razor edged hands
and pointed outward.  "Give me your energy for the Negaverse!" it
yelled, as it pulled the energy from every person it saw.

"Mother!" Serena cried as she watched her mother fall to the ground,
drained.

Serena got up and ran over to her mother, Reenie on her heels.  As she
saw the youma turned away from her, she pulled her mother into a nearby
store, where they would be out of sight.

"Mom," she said desperately, checking to see if there was any damage.

Mrs. Tsukino stirred slightly and struggled to get her eyes open as she
heard her daughter calling for her.

Serena raised her communicator to her lips.  "Everybody!  There's a
youma at the mall, draining energy!  Get here as fast as you can!"

"On my way," was all Amy said.

"Alright!  I've been itching for a good fight!" Lita exulted.

"Already on my way there, I was going mall trolling today anyway," Mina
laughed.

"What about your mother and Reenie?" Travis asked anxiously.

"Reenie?!" everybody yelled.

"Reenie's fine, but Mom's been drained.  I'd hurry if I were you, or
there's not likely to be anything left," Serena said defiantly.

"Be careful, Serena, remember those bad vibes I was getting," Raye said.

"I don't suppose you'll wait for us to get there?" Darien asked.

"You don't suppose right," Serena agreed.

She turned back to her mother and Reenie.  "Stay here with her please,
Reenie."

"No way!  This might be the place where the future is changed, I've got
to make it right!"  Reenie glared at Serena for even thinking of leaving
her behind.

Mrs. Tsukino struggled even harder to open her eyes.  She had heard the
voices of her daughter's friends and tried to understand what they were
talking about.  She just managed to get her eyes open in time to see
Serena nod slowly.

Serena reached up to the broach she always wore.  She opened it to
reveal a large glowing crystal.  Reenie reached up to touch it as well.

"MOON CRYSTAL POWER DUO!"  As Mrs. Tsukino looked on in complete
disbelief, she saw a light flash and a hint of feathers and ribbons.  A
second later, where her daughter had stood, was Sailor Moon.  Where the
little girl they had taken in had stood was a smaller version of the
well known superheroine, dressed in blue and pink instead of blue and
red.

"Ready Crescent Moon?" Sailor Moon asked.

"Ready Sailor Moon!  Let's do it!" Sailor Crescent Moon answered.

Sailor Moon looked down at the woman lying before her.  "I promise you
Mother, he will pay.  He will pay!"

Mrs. Tsukino had lost the strength to keep her eyes open, but the sight
of the two girls transforming was seemingly engraved on her eyelids.
She watched it over and over, heard their words over and over.

Sailor Moon and Sailor Crescent Moon headed towards the youma.  "Hey,
Ugly!" Sailor Moon called out.  "Yeah, you with the steak knives!  I am
Sailor Moon!"

"And I am Sailor Crescent Moon!  For draining the energy of these
people..."

"And for messing up our shopping trip!"

"We will punish you!" they cried together.

"Hello, Sailor brat, the General told me how to take care of you.  And
after that, I think I'll have some fun with the kid."

Sailor Moon's eyes got hard.  "Have some fun with this!" she hissed.
"MOON TIARA MAGIC!"

Crescent Moon followed immediately.  "CRESCENT MOON TIARA MAGIC!"

The two tiaras flew towards the youma.  "Oh!  Target practice!" he
grinned pointedly as he threw razor sharp knives at the tiaras, breaking
both of them in half.  "Too bad, no more targets, except you of course."

"MOON TIARA MAGIC!  CRESCENT MOON TIARA MAGIC!" flew towards the youma
once more.  Once more, he threw knives to intercept them before they
could hit.

Crescent Moon suddenly started running straight towards the youma.
"CRESCENT MOONBEAM STRIKE!" she cried as her moonbeam came into being
around her and blasted towards the youma.  It threw several knives and
then jumped out of the way.  Crescent Moon turned as she heard a wail
from behind her.  Sailor Moon was down on her knees, with one of the
knives sticking in her shoulder.

"Sailor Moon!" she cried, running back towards her.  The youma threw
another knife as she turned her back to him.

"Crescent Moon!  Look out!" Sailor Moon screamed, forcing herself to her
feet in a run towards the young Scout.

"VENUS LOVE CHAIN ENCIRCLE!" was called out from behind them, the chain
of hearts going past them to impact the knife less then a foot away from
Crescent Moon.

"Sailor Venus!" both Moons shouted.  "Thank you!"

"Not a prob," she grinned.

"JUPITER THUNDERCLAP ZAP!" "MARS CELESTIAL FIRE SURROUND!" "MERCURY ICE
STORM SPLASH!" "SOLAR FLARE!"

The three Scouts watched as the joint attack headed for the youma and
sighed in disappointment as it jumped out of the way, letting the
fountain behind it get blown to bits.

"Are you okay, Sailor Moon?" Sailors Sol and Mercury said in one voice.
Mercury immediately dropped her visor and started scanning the knife
still embedded in her shoulder.  The other Scouts gathered around.

"Is she going to be alright?" Crescent Moon asked, deeply concerned.

"Watch your backs!" someone yelled.  They looked up as a young man in a
tuxedo, cape, and mask sent out over a dozen roses destroying the knives
that were once more targeting distracted Scouts.

"Tuxedo Mask!" they yelled.

"This guy likes knives?  Then let's see what he thinks of this.  Cover
me!" Sailor Sol called out as he ran straight toward the youma.

"MARS CELESTIAL FIRE SURROUND!" "JUPITER THUNDERCLAP ZAP!" "VENUS LOVE
CHAIN ENCIRCLE!" "CRESCENT MOONBEAM STRIKE!"

The attacks surrounded the young man as he ran.  A dozen roses followed
as well.  The youma tried sending a more of his knives at the male
Scout, but they were always destroyed well before they reached him.  As
Sailor Sol got closer to the youma, he pulled out his sword, the large
topaz glowing in the hilt.  "SUN SWORD SLASH!" he called.  The first two
strikes of his sword were blocked by a sword the youma held.  The third
burned through the sword, and the arm holding it.  "Now Sailor Moon!"
Sailor Sol called as he threw himself out of the way.

Sailor Moon stood up from the middle of the group of Scouts, although 
Mercury had pulled the knife from her shoulder, it was still bleeding 
heavily.  "MOON SCEPTER ELIMINATION!"  Sailor Moon called.  Before the 
youma could get used to being a one armed monster, it was a dusted monster.  
Slowly the people started stirring as their energy returned to them.

"I've got to check on my mother," Sailor Moon said as soon as Mercury
finished bandaging her shoulder.

"Wait a minute!" Raye said.  "What's Reenie doing here?"

"I'll explain at the meeting this afternoon.  I've got to go check on my
mother!  I'll see you later."  Sailor Moon and Sailor Crescent Moon
disappeared from everyone's sight, and the Scouts jumped away from the
battle scene.

Serena and Reenie rushed for where they had left her mother.  They found
her sitting up and holding her head.

"Mom, guess what?  There was a youma here and it drained everyone's
energy before the Sailor Scouts came and took care of it," Serena said
as soon as she saw her mom was okay.

"I know," she said, "Sailor Moon."

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And what is going to happen next?  Is Serena going to admit she's Sailor 
Moon?  Are they going to finally have that Scout meeting?  Find out in
Chapter Three.

P.S.  I noticed after I wrote it, that I had used this title in one of the
chapters in Universal, but it seemed to fit so well.