Nick Stokes looks around himself at his new accommodations, that had been stupid on his part, not taking a uni with him. His eyes spot the water coming in and he groans. " Why me, huh? First I get buried alive and now this? "

Back at the crime lab Greg is starting to get worried about Nick, he knew Nick had gone out to look at the crime scene again. Nick wasn't answering his phone either, " Hodges, I'm going out to Ms. Hades place and then I'm going to check on Nick. "

Hodges nods to show he heard and Greg heads for Ms. Hades place and mimics the whistle she had used to call Neflyte. When the Dalmatian appears Greg smiles, " I'm going to need your help, Neflyte. "

Neflyte barks once to acknowledge and then gives off two short howls before getting in Greg's SUV. The howls were to let his mistress know that his services had been required by someone he trusted. Once at the crime scene Greg has Neflyte stay still while he examines everything quickly, cursing when he sees the signs of a fresh disturbance, " Neflyte, was the man who attacked Macinda here recently? " Greg asks the canine once he's finished processing.

Neflyte just looks at him and Greg groans, quickly looking up what he needed to say with his phone, " Saikin koko Macinda o kizutsukeru otokodatta( Was the one who hurt Macinda here recently)? "

Neflyte immediately starts to taste the air upon the command and gives a short bark, along with his hackles raising. " All right, Neflyte, " Greg says, holding out Nick's jacket, " Mitsuke( find), Nick. "

Neflyte inhales deeply three times and tastes the air once more, leading Greg to an alley three blocks to the north. Greg had found the cell phone Darien had dropped and had already bagged it, and had all his collected evidence in his kit with him. While processing the new scene he calls Russell, " Boss, Nick's been grabbed, on a hunch I went to Ms. Hades place and picked up one of her search dogs, Neflyte, our perp returned to the scene while Nick had gone there for a second look, I processed everything and have the evidence on me. Neflyte has led me to an alley three blocks north of there. I'm going to need help to process everything. We need to find Nick and fast. "

" Understood, Greg, I'll get some uniforms to both places and send Sara out to help you. I'll head back to the original scene. " Russell says.

Greg hangs up and looks at Neflyte, " Junkai( patrol), yogo( defend). "

Neflyte does so immediately, letting Greg relax marginally until Detective Brass showed up with Sara Sidle Grissom, " Nick must have a thing with being kidnapped. "

" I know, Neflyte is added security for us at the moment, plus, he has Nick's scent, he could be able to help us find Nick faster. " Greg states

Up on the Moon Serena, currently Sailor Moon, is dodging Rowen's arrows, those she couldn't dodge she deflected with her Eternal Moon tier. " Yer reflexes are jist as sharp as ev'ah, Rena. " Rowen says.

" Well, I have to make sure that the rust is shaken off, katas can only do so much, Ro. " Sailor Moon states firmly.

" True 'nough. " Rowen says and charges her. Sailor Moon grins wickedly and employs her method of dodging at the very last moment. With her speed, even against Rowen, she could do so with ease. Ryo was used to sparring against her and therefore didn't get thrown off balance by her unorthodox method of dodging. The blue haired genius glares at her and shakes his head, she had been thrust into the fight without knowing how to fight so she had learned how to dodge exceptionally well. None of the other girls had realized that their princess hadn't been meant to fight, so Queen Serenity the VI of the Moon and Silver Millennium had blocked her daughter's memory of how to fight.

When Serena had met Ryo he had immediately started to teach her how to defend herself. With him as her sensei she had picked everything up quickly. Ryo had once confessed to Rowen while they were launching their attack on Talpa that he had remembered early on and had been using his powers to slowly unlock her muscle memory from the Silver Millennium. He hadn't even had to do anything to get her to fall for him this time around except be himself. She hadn't remembered about him until after she kicked Chaos out of Galaxia. As he engages his princess in hand to hand combat the blue haired genius continually analyzes her style for weaknesses.

Sailor Moon looks at him and drops into a sweep kick before storing her tier and going at him full bore. Ryo had been the one to train her after all. Suddenly Rowen finds himself essentially fighting his leader, Nice, Rena. Might I make a suggestion.

Such as, Ryo?

Well, why not throw both of our styles into this spar. Ro's never sparred against the both of us at the same time, ought to be fun to see if he can keep up with the style changes. Sailor Moon smirks and dodges at the last moment while throwing a right cross at the same time. Rowen groans at this, now she was really getting creative and he knew exactly whom he had to blame for this.

Ryo, I will git even wit' ya f'ah dis.

Fat chance in hell, Ro. Rena won't let you prank me.

Oh, yes she will. I let her prank Hotaru, aft'ah all.

I hate you, Rowen. Why the hell is it you're the brother she always wanted?

Rowen grins at this as he leaps up into the air, activating his armor's power to keep him suspended. Sailor Moon's wings snap into action and she flies up after him, tier in hand as he has his bow in hand. As they trade blows Rowen is trying to analyze the combination of his sister and leader's fighting styles. Needless to say he was having a hard time of it, as Sailor Moon had added her Scepter to the mix and was using the Sanada style to fight him with. She was nearly as flawless with the twin katanas as Ryo was, considering whom had taught her.

As Sailor Moon flows from one movement to the next she continues to dodge at the very last moment, or block at the last moment. Kento would have already charged her in frustration, Sage would take a few hits just to get her to make a mistake, Cye would have probably gotten his ass handed to him by now, Kayura would be using hit and fade attacks, Dais would try to hide with illusions but that was useless against Sailor Moon, Kale would hide in the shadows and Sailor Moon would return the favor, as she was better at hiding in the shadows than even Ryo, and Ryo was better than Kale. Sekmet would have just conceded defeat by now, but he would have tried to get into Sailor Moon's head and make her beat herself.

As for himself, well, he never passed up an opportunity to learn, and boy was he learning. He lets his armor shut off and he drops fast, he slams on the brakes as Sailor Moon drops past him, " Arrow Shock Wave! "

Sailor Moon's eyes widen at this as she wheels around, she twirls both scepters in her hands and calls out, " Crystal Barrier! "

The Barrier kept her from taking any damage but she still hurtles backwards, which Rowen capitalizes on, sending arrows her way. Sailor Moon's right hand tosses her tier to her left hand and she whips her free hand to her forehead and summons her tiara and tosses it up shouting out, " Crystal Shard Barrage. "

Both attacks meet head on and Sailor Moon flies straight into the debris cloud, Rowen curses and charges up another arrow, knowing that she would be coming for him. His armor tips him off and he wheels around, firing his attack off at point blank range. Sailor Moon slams down onto the lunar surface hard and loses hold on her form. She groans wearily, " Damn Strata armor, can't sneak up on it in space. "

" You all right, Rena? " Rowen asks.

Serena just glares at him, " I hate that armor of yours, Ro. "

" Ya did good, Rena. " Rowen says as he helps her up.

Serena just moans at this, Ryo, why did I ever think it was a good idea to train with Rowen on the Moon?

I wish I could answer that. Damn, he nailed you good.

Oh, shut up, Rekka no Ryo no baka.

Rowen teleports them back and Serena downs a whole red velvet cake on her own. Then she goes and collapses in her bed wearily. Sage, you may not have a best friend when you get here.

Trained with Ro in space, huh?

Well, who else can breathe up there easily?

You do raise a good point, Serena, but this is your fault.

You try taking a point blank range Arrow Shockwave and see how you fare.

Ouch, though you backed him into a corner if you forced him to that.

I hate that armor of his.

Night, Serena.

Later, blondie.

Nick was starting to worry about his situation as the trickle of water had picked up to a slow stream. Whomever had grabbed him wanted him to suffer, but why had he been grabbed? " CSI Stokes, I am quite sure that you are wondering why you are here, correct? "

Nick blinks but keep quiet for a moment, " Darien Shields I presume. "

" Very good, you do have a brain. You see, you're bait. "

" Bait for who, Shields? " Nick demands.

" Oh, a certain dog breeder who thought she could hide from me. She would never allow anyone to get hurt because of her. That's where I miscalculated with her, I tried to run her down, only a certain individual whom she chose over me shoved her out of the way, saving her. I thought she'd collapse in my arms and everything would be back on track again, but instead the abazure( bitch) tried to kill herself. The guy staying with her now managed to talk her down and he and his other friends, also friends of the bastard she left me for protected him from reprisals and kept me away from her while she was still in Japan. "

Nick's eyes had widened, " Rekka, of course, she had said one of her dogs was named for someone she cared for a great deal. "

" Naturally she would name a dog after him. She will come to save you once she knows you're missing, CSI Stokes. "

" You're sick, you know that, right man? " Nick calls out.

" I will have her as my own, and if you die, well, I don't really care about that. "

Off in Darien's control room the deluded and arrogant prince smirks, " Pink Sugar Heart Attack! "

He dodges that attack and looks at the pink haired brat before him, although before his eyes her hair turns black and her eyes tiger blue, " You've gone too far, Endymion, Darien, you must be stopped. "

His sword is drawn and he attacks her head on. Sailor Mini Moon dodges instantly and summons her katanas, Lady Kayura had made them special for her, that way she could use her lunar powers through them. She was very grateful for her lessons from her father now. Mini Moon puts up a good fight but she is beaten and tossed into the room with Nick. Nick looks at the unconscious girl in the room with him, katanas still firmly in hand, a nasty gash in her side.

From the looks of her she was Sailor Mini Moon, only her hair was a different color, had she come here to try and save him? She groans as she wakes up, " Kuso. " Mini Moon heats up a hand and sears her wound shut knowing that she had to do everything she could to try and get them out of here. Then she uses a katana to free Nick, " You all right? "

" Shouldn't I be asking you that, Mini Moon? "

" As long as I don't get hurt again anytime soon I'll be fine. Sailor Scouts, especially we moons can heal very fast. " Mini Moon says.

" I'm Nick Stokes, he said I was bait. "

" Yeah, for my mom. She hates it when someone else gets hurt cause of her, it's why I came back to get you out of here. He'll do anything to have my mom, and I will not let him do as he wishes without a fight. " Mini Moon states.

Nick blinks, " You know, you being Sailor Moon's daughter does make sense, why didn't anyone put that together before? "

" We have magic that protects our identities when we're transformed, it would also keep people from making that kind of logical leap. " Mini Moon responds.

" I guess that would make sense. " Nick admits. It made a lot of sense as to why no one had ever figured out the identities of the Sailor Scouts.

" What is his deal anyhow? "

" What isn't? The bastard is Tuxedo Mask, and he seems to think that my mother is his for all eternity due to a deal that was set up in their previous lives when she was the Tsuki no Hime and he was the Terran Prince, well as dad puts it the Terran Usurper, with the help of my grandma from back then he was able to kill my dad and take his throne, but dad named mom his heir and, most importantly, passed his powers on to her. The bastard may have had the crown but mom had the people. "

" What does Tsuki no Hime mean? " Nick inquires of the injured in training Sailor Scout.

" Literal translation is princess of moon. " Mini Moon ripostes.

" Wait, so each sailor scout must be the princess of the star she represents. "

" You're right, just never tell the keeper of time/space that her planet is not a planet. "

" Oh, the planet that shares a name with Mickey's dog. Touchy about that, huh? " Nick states.

" Boy is she ever. " Mini Moon says, rolling her eyes at the viridian haired senshi's reaction to her planet being declared to be a moon.

Sara and Greg have gathered all the evidence they can from the area Neflyte had led Greg to. " You have anything yet? " Russell asks.

" Not yet, still waiting on the tire treads to be identified and see if it matches Shields rental, also waiting on the trace and for Archie to go through Darien's cell phone. " Greg answers.

" Plus, we have to process all the new evidence from the Takeda scene and rule out what was there and what wasn't to figure out what pertains to Nick's abduction. " Sara adds on to Greg's answer.

" Got it, but we need to work fast to find Nick. " Russell says.

Neflyte tastes the air around him and wheels around, snarling at the air. All three CSI's look at the dog and then eyes widen when he seems to bite the air and something shimmers into reality, " Are we in Japan? " Sara asks.

" No, but this creature won't trouble you for long. This dog has been with Ms. Hades for a little too long, nice work though, mutt. "

Neflyte playfully snaps at the man in tan armor whom dispatches the youma with ease.

Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon or CSI.