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Author's Note: Once again, I must apologize for life getting in the way of my writing. Keep up the reviews, and PMs, fans. I promise to try to be better at updating. I am glad people are enjoying this story, and I love to include cliffhangers, and plot twists. And unexpected characters showing up, lol. I know some of my fellow authors will get this- sometimes the characters take on a life of their own, and there is just no stopping or denying them. Anyway: read, enjoy, review and thank you.

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Chapter 10: "We're what?!"

Serena woke up, startled to hear so many voices outside her bedroom door. The door was partially opened, so she could see Ami, Rei, Mina, and Lita, but she also heard Sammy, Darien, and a young girl's voice. They kept their voices low, but they were obviously arguing- Mina and Ami arguing with Rei and Lita, saying they needed to wake her (Serena) up, and Rei and Lita telling them that she needed rest. Sammy and Darien were arguing about Darien being in Serena's room at all, and the young girl was trying to get them to hush, "or you'll wake Mommy." Serena wondered if maybe the little girl's mother was downstairs, and she briefly wondered who this girl and her mother were, and then she said, "Hey, guys! I'm awake, just come in already."

The four scouts paused in their argument, then they sheepishly peeked into her room, Ami the most apologetic, "We're sorry, Serena. We were debating if we should wake you."

"And you woke me, so come in a talk to me," Serena was obviously impatient with her friends, "I can hear you all in the hallway."

Rei sent a scowl in Mina and Ami's direction, hissing, "I told you!"

Mina glared back, "And we told you it was important!"

"You guys!" Serena jumped in before they could get further entangled in an argument. "Just tell me what's going on!" She braced herself for bad news.

Darien came in with the pink haired little girl, "This is Rini. She's our daughter from the future," Darien stated frankly.

Serena gaped at him, then at the little girl with pigtails, then him. For once, she was speechless.

"It's true, your highness," the little gray kitten said, peeking up from Rini's backpack.

Serena gaped at the pretty little gray kitten, her stunned eyes darting between the little girl, the kitten and Darien.

Darien couldn't hold back a dry chuckle, "Yeah, that was my reaction for a few minutes."

Serena finally recovered enough to take a deep breath, and say, "Wow. What? Whoa." Her eyes landed on Darien's and she blushed as she thought of the act that would create Rini.

Darien saw her cheeks flushing and guessed in which direction her thoughts took her. He smirked a little, and then said, "Rini has more to tell us."

"You're the Moon Princess and Darien is the Prince of the Earth that you fell in love with so long ago!" Diana said, before Rini could say anything.

Once again, Serena was stunned in speechless, her chest felt tight, and she felt lightheaded.

"Serena! Take a breath before you pass out," Darien told her. She inhaled and exhaled, consciously making herself breath before she fainted from shock.

"I'm the Moon Princess!" Serena said, her voice higher than she meant for it to be.

"And I am the Earth Prince." Darien confirmed, "and apparently in the Silver Millennium, we were in love."

"What? How? Who?" Serena's brain barely kept up with this news. She was stunned that her suspicions were right and she darted her eyes up to Mina's knowing look, Ami's compassionate gaze and to Rei and Lita's stunned expressions.

"Like a blow to the gut, huh?" Darien said, sitting on the edge of the bed, reaching out for her hand, wanting to take her pulse covertly. She let him, still staring at him, shock in her eyes

Rei and Lita tried to say something, but they were also surprised, darting their gaze from Rini to Serena and back again.

"Mommy, I know I'm a shock to you, but I really need to talk to you and Daddy alone," Rini said, her voice flat and small.

Serena gaped at Rini, her own eyes taking in the cute hairstyle, and the big eyes. She nodded, turning to Rei and the other scouts, "Girls, please go downstairs with Luna and Artemis." Rini looked down at her shoes as the scouts left her alone with her parents. She breathed as she waited for the door to click shut, for the footsteps to go downstairs, then she raised her eyes, "It's my fault," two tears trickled down her cheeks, then she started sobbing, hiccoughing sobs, "my fault." She couldn't stop saying it, and Serena tried to go to her but fell weakly back. Darien knelt at Rini's side, and hugged her tightly, letting her just cry in his arms. His blue eyes met Serena's, alarm in his eyes. Rini's sobbing finally dwindled, hiccups following as she shook in Darien's arms. She stood still finally meeting their eyes, "It's my fault you're sick, Mommy." She sniffled, "Our enemies from the future found out to stop you, all they had to do was get you when you were younger, before you become Crystal Tokyo's Neo Queen Serenity when you were still Sailor Moon."

"How is that your fault?" Serena skipped over the Neo Queen thing, she didn't want to process that thought yet.

"It just is!" Rini insisted.

"Rini, how?" Darien asked,

"I took the Moon Crystal! And when Mommy punished me with a grounding, I wished that she had never become Neo-Queen Serenity."

"Oh Rini," Serena sighed, "I don't think my illness is your fault, though, or even has to do with the future enemies. I think it's our NegaVerse enemies."

"But…"

"Rini, it's not your fault. Now about this Neo-Queen Serenity thing…?"

"It's a long story," Rini sighed, her eyes still filled with doubt, "and I can't tell you everything, it might mess up the future."

"Well, have a lot of time," Serena says, "as long as…"

"Darien! Youma in the park," Rei and Lita shouted up the stairs."

"That doesn't happen," Serena sighed, trying to push the blankets off her lap.

"Serena, you can't go," Darien reminded her.

"Dari-"

"Mommy, please…" Rini said, her body stiffening, fear radiating off her body.

Serena looked at Darien's relentless 'you are not doing this' expression and Rini's scared face, then sighed, "Go, Darien, help the scouts. I'll stay here with Rini."

Darien's shoulders relaxed and he bent down impulsively and cupped Serena's cheek in his hand. His lips meant hers in a brief, soothing kiss, before he turned to Rini, and whispered, "I promise, we'll make it okay."

Rini leaned into Serena, her body limply relieved, and she nodded.

"We'll talk when the scouts and I get back," and he turned around, taking out his transformation rose, and in a swirl of roses, he was Tuxedo Mask.

"Take care, Tuxedo Mask," Serena said, as he left via her bedroom window. She heard her friends gasp as the tuxedo-clad superhero joined them, not expecting him just to leap out of their friend's bedroom balcony.

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Author's Note: Still not quite going where I need it to go, which is closer to a conclusion. Oh well, read, review, enjoy, Thanks!