Authoress: This is an idea that sprung from a very odd dream about the generals. Well, this is a more creative and less crazy idea than the dream. My dream included Zoicite as a cross-dresser and Beryl as the cook. No….. I don't think I'll be writing about that.

Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon or any of the characters in the show, manga, or game! I love Sailor moon, don't sue me!! Plus the title isn't totally original.

PS: ZOICITE IS A BOY!! DAMN YOU DIC!!!

4 Men and a Baby

Prologue: The Second Chance

Two frozen in ice for eternity as punishment. One passed loyalty for defending an innocent. And the fourth had perished in the fight. Death had yet to fully grip the four however and they now floated wistfully through Limbo. Judgement was far from their hands for they had lived two separate lives. One of great loyalty, honor, and good. The other of darkness, sin, and evil. After waiting for what seemed like hundreds of years the light came to them.

"I'm glad Nephrite made this choice easy on his part, but the other three of you have made it awfully taxing to decide," the voice told them, the sound warm and carefully, regal in nature.

"Uh… wha-?" the long-haire blonde began to move, his body becoming free of the ice and his mind now meeting his physical forming. Groans from beside him signaled that the other blonde, one with short hair, had also woken.

"Good, you're finally awake. Beauty sleep is needed, but you two went over-board," said a familiar voice as one of the grey-clad generals stretched out from his cold cage.

"God… I'm so sore. Stuck in that stupid ice prison forever," Jadeite hissed. "If I ever meet Beryl again, I'm going to rip her to shreds," he added, shaking left over ice shards from his dirty-blonde hair and looked over to Zoicite who was kicking the left over ice chunks away from him in anger.

Nephrite chuckled at his friends comment. Apparently these two had been asleep for a very, very long time. Straightening from his position leaning against the wall he walked over and looked over the two. They looked in good condition, no blue lips or hazy eyes. They had been revived.

"You're very late if you want to destroy Beryl. The princess has already taken care of her," the brunette paused. "Yes, Beryl, Matallia, The Doom Tree, The Black Moon Family, The Doom Phantom, The Dead Moon Circus, The Death Busters, Mistress 9, Sailor Galaxia, and Chaos himself," he listed, watching their eyes widen each time.

"You know," Zoicite commented, "I have no idea who half those people are, but I have an idea you're not lying." The generals then took a moment and looked around. There was one missing.

"He is…?"

"Well, the scouts killed him, but I have an idea he wont be dead for long," Nephrite reassured Zoicite and Jadeite.

"You are quite right, my generals," came the regal voice again. All three looked towards their right. They weren't in a room, they just seemed to be floating in time and space. A bright light burst fourth and they had to shield their eyes. A woman stepped from the light as it faded. They recognized the hair-style immediately, but they could not place her outfit. She wore a fuku, but it was silver with no waist-line and no sleeves. Her buns were hearts and her hair was a shining silver. On her forehead was an eight-pointed star and in her hand was a wand they had never seen.

The three bowed without question, knowing that this was their princess. The woman chuckled and told them gently to rise.

"Zoicite and Jadeite, you two have been forgiven, for I am aware what the dark queen did to your minds," Sailor Cosmos said rather simply.

"We do not deserve your forgiveness, my queen," Jadeite sighed as the three of them stood.

"For protecting my love while in his service and for showing me I should be more than a crybaby scout, Jadeite, you are hereby reinstated as a General of the Earth Kingdom," she told him and waved her hand. His grey uniform disappeared and was replaced with a red t-shirt and jeans.

"For protecting my love while in his service and regretting and repenting your mistakes, Zoicite, you are hereby reinstated as a General of the Earth Kingdom," Cosmos told him and waved her hand again. The general's Negaverse garb disappeared and was replaced with a blue t-shirt and jeans.

"Nephrite," she said softly, looking to him. "For protecting my love while in his service, for saving my best friend, and for sacrificing yourself for love I hereby reinstate you as a General of the Earth Kingdom," again, the woman waved her hand and his clothes were replaced by a green t-shirt and jeans.

"I have given you back the titles which you deserve and taken from you the last shred of the Negaverse that remained on you," the silver-clad lady told them. Zoicite stepped forward slightly.

"Your highness-" he began, but was cut off by the queen as she took from her broach a small star-seed that glowed brightly, pulsing with life.

"He's right here, Zoicite," Cosmos said and raised her hand, the star seed floating away from her. "Kunzite, leader of the Generals of Earth, I hereby give you flesh and blood again. For protecting my love while in his service and keeping faith in your prince, I give you life!"

The seed pulsed once more and then glowed, the form of the silver-haired general taking shape. He appeared, his eyes closed, his arms out at his sides. On his form was a white t-shirt and jeans.

"There, I believe the four of you are back on your feet," Cosmos said as she leaned against her staff. Kunzite opened his eyes and blinked before smiling slightly. He turned around and bowed to his queen. The woman nodded in return.

"So, what's death like?" Jadeite asked with a chuckle as he walked over and clasped his hand in a hand-shake.

"Hell, literally," Kunzite answered with a laugh and shook Nephrite's hand silently before hugging Zoicite friendly. Cosmos cleared her throat and the four drew their eyes back to her.

"If you four do not wish to end up back in hell, I suggest you listen to my last orders to you," she told them, suddenly becoming very serious. The generals gave her puzzled looks before she smiled softly. "I'm starting the world over, my generals. My body must be reborn and my power stored for the time being. Evil is at rest, but the world is falling apart, I'm afraid."

"What do you wish us to do, my queen?" Kunzite asked loyally.

"I ask your forgiveness, for I must put you to sleep. Now that you are alive, I must tell you what I need of you before I put you to sleep once again," she said, trying not to chuckle at Jadeite's and Zoicite's unhappy faces. "After I send the world into rebirth I will disappear to wait and be reborn once again. You will reawake and at that time, I will be born, but my parents shall perish. Do not question how I know this. Please, just listen. I am putting my life and well-being in your hands, my generals. You will need to find me and raise me," Cosmos told them.

There was a long silence. A silence anyone could cut a knife through. It was rather annoying. Kunzite looked to the other three. In other words, the queen was asking them to raise her reborn self. Four men raising a baby. Oh my…

"Um, your highness, if you don't mind me asking. Why can't your scouts do this task when you are reborn?" Nephrite asked timidly, afraid of a snapped comment or command.

"Oh! I'm terribly sorry. I forgot to tell you. The scouts shall be reborn as well but in different parts of the world. They are commissioned to protect the four corners of the earth until I regain my power. They cannot care for me," she told them with a smile. They understood, but didn't really like that answer.

"And our Prince?" Zoicite questioned curiously.

"He shall be reborn with parents a few years before me. I made sure he had parents this time around," she said with a giggle. The four generals sweat-dropped. Yes, this regal woman before them still had little Usagi bouts. Then she blinked as she remembered something. "Ah yes! You are not the only ones who will be given a second chance. The four sisters of the Black Moon family shall be reborn as well Prince Sapphire and Prince Diamond. The Amazon quartet shall be reborn when my daughter is," she added.

"And they cannot care for you. No offense, your highness, but they are women," Jadeite commented. Cosmos frowned.

"I trust only you four with this task. I could just put you four back into glass cases you know," she said, her hands on her hips.

"NO!" the four said quickly and she grinned.

"We will accept your charge, my queen," Kunzite said with a bow. The other three followed suit before apologizing quietly for questioning her orders.

"Very well. My generals, it is time you return to sleep. When I start this life over, I shall perish to make way for the new generation I cede to my reincarnation," she told them and raised her staff.

"Goodbye Serenity," Kunzite said with a soft smile.
"Farwell, princess," Zoicite bowed.

"Take care, my queen," Jadiete told her before closing his eyes.

"And thank you," Nephrite added.

The four were swallowed by light and began to fall into deep sleeps. They were blessed with dreams of the past peaceful times, of love they once had for others, and of a future they could help bring about. A peaceful and prosperous future.

They would hibernate until Cosmos' power would reawaken them to a new future and guide them to her light again.

!!!IMPORTANT!!!!

Authoress: I NEED INPUT!! I NEED TO KNOW THREE THINGS!!

1. Do you wish them to awaken in a Silver Millenium type Era or the Modern Era (2007)?

2. Do you wish for the Senshi/Generals pairing? Or do you want Nephrite and Molly to find each other again and a little shonen-ai between Kunzite and Zoicite? I CAN WRITE ANYTHING!! Except self-insertions and made-ups. I can't do that to these guys.

3. Do you want Usagi to re-fall in love with Mamoru or someone else? (Personally, I absolutely love Diamond, but I love readers more!)

Authoress: PLEASE R&R&V!! (Read, Review, Vote!!)