'Why?' The question just kept popping into Darien's head. She was back, and he wasn't about to let her get away again. 'Yes, and I'm sure she'll just run into your open arms' Sighing he reached into a small drawer next to his bed, and pulled out a small black velvet box.
Inside was a small silver ring; centered on top was a small diamond in the shape of a crescent moon. Darien sighed again; he bought this ring shortly after she left because some part of him was hoping that she might come back.
Now, she had, and he wasn't sure what he should do to get her back.
'Great Dar, you mope around for almost a year hoping she would come back and when she does your too self absorbed to find a plan of action.'
"HELP MONSTER!!!"
Without a second thought Darien transformed and headed towards the scene.
Serena was running fast, unfortunately someone was being dragged along with her. "Mina, could you speed it up a little?"
Mina looked at Serena as if she was crazy, "Serena you're already-"
"HELP MONSTER!"
The two looked at each other and without another word ducked into a small alley.
"Universal Cosmic Power!"
"Venus Star Power!"
With a burst of energy the two scouts headed towards the source of the panic.
Three demons, two scouts, and one masked man. Let's say it wasn't a nice sight.
"Mars Celestial Fire Surround!" The attack bounced harmlessly off the demons. "Mercury what are these things, and how do we destroy them?"
Mercury looked up from her computer sighing in frustration, "I don't have any idea, my computer can't get a read off it!"
"Leave scouts, it's not you I want! If you want to save yourself don't get in my way." a loud booming voice said.
All three fighters of justice looked up. Floating above them was none other than the god Hades, and he wasn't to happy about his plans being destroyed.
"We will not leave, It is our job to protect this world from evil!" Mars stated.
"Nobody defies me! You will pay, little pyro!" Hades said, and launched a ball of purple energy towards Mars.
Sailor Universe stood up. She wasn't about to let her brother kill a mortal for no reason. "Fire Wall!" A wall of fire surrounded Sailor Mars, causing anything that came in contact with it to be absorbed, only strengthening the wall.
Hades looked up, "Who dares to challenge my power?"
Sailor Universe stepped calmly out of her hiding spot, "I am the Senshi of the all that is helpless, I am the Protector of all Mankind, and I will triumph over you Hades! I am Sailor Universe."
Hades looked shocked. This was his sister, the one he looked up to, the one who listened to him when nobody else would. "I don't understand Artemis! I thought you wanted to come back to Mt. Olympus!"
"Hades, I do, but that doesn't mean that you can destroy the earth! I must protect it or die trying! Now, do you care to fight or are you going to leave?" Praying he'd leave, she watched silently.
"I'll leave, but next time your going to have to chose." He smiled, then added, "DEMONS ATTACK!" and silently teleported away.
Swearing to herself, she motioned for Venus to stay hidden and walked calmly towards the demons. "Dimensional Bubble!" An ice blue bubble encircled the three demons.
The demons laughed. Nothing was happening. The attack was harmless, or so they thought. "BURST" The bubble exploded, sending the demons into another dimension.
Smiling to herself, Serena prepared to leap away from the scene when a hand clamped around her wrist, "Who are you? And who was that?"
"Sailor Mars, I suggest you take your hand away from my arm," she said, annoyed and continued, "If you must know, that was Hades, also known as the God of the Underworld."
Sailor Mars still held on to the unknown scout, refusing to let go until she got some answers. "That doesn't explain who you are."
Turning to look at Mars for the first time she said, "Maybe you should stop worrying about who I am, and start worrying about what to do about Aries!"
Mars strengthened her grip, "What are you talking about? I thought you said that it was Hades?"
Frustrated, she continued, "It was Hades, but he's being influenced by Aries. Now, if you would kindly let me go, I have a meeting to attend to."
Again Mars tightened her grip, "Not, until you tell us who you are."
"I am a friend, for now that is all you need to know." Tired of dealing with her she tore her arm away from the grip and bounded away.
Serena smiled as she detransformed. She had finally put Rei in her place, and it was a good feeling.
"Would you mind telling me why I wasn't fighting?" Mina interrupted her thoughts.
"Oh sorry, I just didn't want you hurt. You haven't trained to fight those kinds of monsters yet." She answered, then added, "Look there's the house lets get going!"
"How dare that blonde chic make fun of me! Amy did she make fun of me?" asked a very steamed Rei.
"No, she criticized you. Only in order to help." Amy answered.
"Help, my foot, she just want's to be leader," replied Rei.
"Rei, don't you think you might be taking this the wrong way? Did you see the way our attacks didn't harm him, maybe she was just trying to help."
"But, if she was trying to help then why wouldn't she just tell us who she was?"
"Maybe, well, I'm not sure but just maybe she had a good reason."
"If she did, then I will pay you a hundred dollars! Now, I'm going to go do a fire reading on this new enemy. Make sure nobody bothers me."
Amy almost stood up to Rei, but she couldn't. She was the only remaining scout. Even if it weren't worth the battering, she would stick by Rei.
Nodding she watched for anyone who might disturb Rei.
Mina followed Serena silently still trying to figure out where it was they were headed. "Serena, why are going upstairs?"
Serena smiled and held up a finger, walking silently into her old bedroom she picked up Terra an turned back to Mina. "Because I wanted you to meet your niece, Terra."
Mina stood as still as a statue, "You meanwait that means--is Darien--oh my!"
Serena smiled. She had expected this much and after dealing with her father she could deal with anyone. "Yes, I'm a mother, yes, Darien's the father, and no, Darien does not know."
Mina looked at the tiny baby and smiled, "Can I hold her?"
"Sure!"
Mina took the small infant , and for once in her life, Mina was speechless. How could this young child hold so much energy? Kissing Terra's forehead she looked down at the Earth symbol. "Serena! You didn't tell me she was going to be Sailor Earth!"
Serena leaned over. Sure enough shining brightly on the young baby's head was the symbol of earth.
