OK, this is it!  The final chapter of my first fic!  I can't believe I 
actually made it this far!  52,154 words, 1,663 paragraphs, and 110 pages!  
My gosh!  Gotta take a breather!  I originally had this planned at like five 
or six parts!  Really people, this has been so fun.  I never knew that it 
could be this great.  What surprised me is that I made it this far with out 
a single flame!  Yes!  Whenever you guys mailed me it was always something 
good. (Except when you would complain about the cliffhangers...But then I 
couldn't blame you there! ^_^;)

Here is my "Thank you all so very much list!"  Thanks to all of these people 
for their support and compliments! (Oh-If you didn't sign your name, I'm 
going by what's on your e-mail address!)

Sailor Love, Sailor Andromida, David, Erica, Butterfly, Jennie, Jolene, 
Lisette Mprin, Serenity Raye, Neo Princes, Rainy Day, Rosgyrl, Sailor 
Destiny, Samantha, Comet Moon, Salrstr, Stephanie, Ti'ana-chan, EEclipse, 
Lady Zamira, Lianne, Jennifer/Moon Empress, Aurora Serenity, Chi-Chi, Karen, 
Kamande, Kalasin aka Sailor Heartsong, Joy, Alecto, Sailor Saturn Girl, 
Annie, Heather, Sidnei, Lila, Terra Dee Earth, and finally Sailor Starlite!

WOW!  I can't believe how many people actually mailed me on this story!  
Thank you all so much! ^_^ I know that forty people actually read my fics!

Guess I better thank Nikki-chan too.  Nikki, thank you for everything and 
especially for not getting the HTML thing after I showed it to you!  I still 
get your chapters early!  If you stop sending them after I show you again, 
I'll do my Serena wail!  And you know it!

And a big big big big big thanks to Lady Spring for mailing me and saying 
that she liked my stuff and then being so kind and inviting me to post on 
her site.

Special thanks to my Dad and Mom; who are forever supportive of me and my 
"Japamation" addiction.  If it weren't for them, I never would have started 
writing!  Thank you so much!  I love you!

Ok, now that that's over, here is my final chapter of "Nowhere to Run, 
Unable to Hide."

RATING: PG-It's the final battle there's gonna be real fighting! (Finally!)

DISCLAIMER: I don't own any of this, except the plot.  And according to 
Nikki-chan, I don't even own that.  She's threatening me because my story is 
like one of hers that she hasn't published yet.  I keep telling her that I 
didn't even know her when I started writing and she hasn't even let me see 
those ones even though she's my big sister...Hey, I do own this and she 
can't sue me because I won't let her!  Besides, she's names that I shouldn't 
say!  "Under investigation for copy write infringement, indeed!  Opps!  
There's that rambling of mine again!  You get the idea!  -_-;


NOWHERE TO RUN, UNABLE TO HIDE
CHAPTER 12
FINAL


Once again, an explosion shook the Crystal Palace as the Sailor Scouts ran 
around trying to find out where they were attacking from, and how strong 
they were.

Sailor Moon looked around frantically.  She was panicked.  She was beyond 
panicked.  Running to the other side of the room, she peaked out the door 
and looked down each of the long hallways.  Casting a quick glance over her 
shoulder she saw that everyone else was busy and wouldn't miss her.  
Silently, she slipped out the door and closed it quietly behind her.

"Rini?" she called down the hallway.  "Rini, this isn't funny!  Come out 
right now!" Sailor Moon commanded.

Closing her eyes, Serena tried to clear her mind and find her missing 
daughter.  She took a deep breath and let her instinct lead her down the 
hall and around twists and turns.

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Serenity looked over her shoulder as Mercury and Amy tried to figure out 
*what* was going on.  Out of the corner of her eye, she caught the end of a 
golden ponytail disappearing into the hallway.  'Serena!'

She looked around frantically as something clicked in her brain.  "OH NO!"  
Everyone in the room looked up to her, "Where's Rini?!"

Darien looked from one side of the room to the other as something became 
clear in his mind, "Wait!  Serena's gone too!"

"What?" Mina asked.

"They're both missing?!" Mars yelled.

"We have to find them!" Endymion told the others.

"The three of you," the older Luna told the royalty.  "Because of your links 
with them."

The three nodded.  "Let's go!" Endymion called as he, Serenity and Tuxedo 
Mask raced out the door and down the hallway.

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Rini watched in horror as the dark energy went streaming towards her.  She 
screamed again but her powers didn't activate.  Just as the blast should 
have hit her, she didn't feel a thing.  She heard a muffled scream and then 
a thump.  And yet, it wasn't her.

Opening one of her cinnamon eyes, Rini let out a strangled cry.  Lying in 
front of her was the Champion of Love and Justice, Sailor Moon.

Her Mommy.

Rini eyes widened in horror, "Mommy?!"  She ran to Sailor Moon and kneeled 
beside her.  Tears began to stream down the girls pale cheeks as she shook 
the young warriors' shoulder.

The Wiseman gave a throaty laugh at the scene before him.  "How touching," 
he said dryly.  "Mother sacrificing herself for daughter.  Quite sweet," he 
rumbled

Sailor Moon opened her eyes and looked up at Rini.  "Rini, are you all 
right?" she whispered.  Rini gasped again and looked down.  Her eyes watered 
up and she slowly nodded her head.  "Good," Sailor Moon told her through 
gritted teeth.

Slowly, painfully, Sailor Moon stood up.  Wiseman looked at her in disbelief 
and then growled deep in his throat when she stood fully on her feet.  "I 
won't be defeated," she whispered fiercely.  "Not by you, not by anyone."  
She looked up at the Wiseman with fierce determination in her eyes.  "You're 
going down, bub!"

Wiseman gave a small chuckle, "I don't think so.  Droids, ATTACK!" he 
commanded as he disappeared.

"Droids?" Sailor Moon whispered.  Suddenly out of nowhere, hundreds of 
droids surrounded the two Moon Princesses.  Sailor Moon grabbed Rinis' wrist 
and pulled her behind her.  Drawing her scepter out of her dimensional 
pocket, Sailor Moon prepared to attack.

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Endymion, Serenity, and Tuxedo Mask ran as fast as they could down the 
tunnel that both Serena and Rini had gone down.  They had only been running 
for a few moments when Darien stopped.  Letting out a strangled cry, he 
grabbed his chest.

"Darien?" Endymion asked with concern, placing a hand on the younger mans' 
shoulder.

"Serena," he whispered.  Looking up the others saw that his eyes seemed to 
be burning.  Darien stood up straight and ran full-speed towards the pull.

Serenity and Endymion followed him, matching his speed.  "What's wrong?" 
Serenity panted.

"Shouldn't you know?" Darien called back to her.  'They should know what's 
going to happen to us, right?'

Endymion shook his head, "No, for some reason we don't remember any of this! 
  Pluto has something to do with it, but she won't tell us what."

"I see."

That's when they heard it- "Not by you, not by anyone!  You're going down, 
bub!"

And then, "I don't think so.  Droids, ATTACK!"

"No," Darien whispered as he ran faster towards his love with Endymion and 
Serenity fast on his heels.

When they reached her they knew that they would need more then just the four 
of them.  In the middle of the room stood Sailor Moon with a small head of 
pink hair behind her.  Surrounding them were hundreds of droids.  Sailor 
Moon raised her scepter and attacked.

"Moon Scepter Elimination!"

Her energy poured out of the weapon and disintegrated a small number of the 
droids.  Behind her, one of the droids decided that it actually had a brain 
and tried to grab her from behind.

A streak of red stopped that.  Sailor Moon turned in time to see the droid 
disappear and caught a glimpse of a red rose.  "You're late!" she yelled 
with a small smile.

Tuxedo Mask, Endymion and Serenity appeared next to her in a flash.  "We 
aren't going to be enough," Serenity murmured under her breath.  She pulled 
out a small watch like item out of her dress.  "Sailor Scouts," she began as 
the others charged into the battle, "Follow my signal and come help!  We may 
need your full powers so transform again!"

She closed the cover just in time to watch her husband get hit in the arm by 
a small outbreak of energy.  "ENDYMION!" she cried, rushing to his side 
followed by her daughter.

"Daddy?" Rini asked.

"I'm fine!" he told them as he struck out again, killing another wave of 
droids.

A bright flash of light told the fighters that help had arrived in the form 
of Sailor Teleport.  They wasted no time in attacking.

"Mars Flame Sniper!"

"Mercury Ice Storm Blast!"

"Jupiter Oak Evolution!"

"Venus Love Chain Encircle!"

"Mars Celestial Fire Surround!"

"Mercury Aqua Rhapsody!"

"Jupiter Thunderclaps Zap!"

"Venus Love and Beauty Shock!"

The eight attacks came from all sides of the room.  Merging together the 
powers of the Sailor Scouts of the past and future combined together, 
utterly destroying every last droid in the room.

Tuxedo Mask let out a low whistle.  "Not bad!"

"No kidding," Serena murmured under her breath.  Touching her wound, she 
found that it had already significantly healed in a matter of minuets.  
Turning to Rini she addressed the child, "Rini, why did you leave?"

Rini looked down at the kitten in her arms and then up at her parents.  
'Oops!'
"Um...Well, I had to find Diana," she whispered.

Darien and Serena looked at each other puzzled.  "Who's Diana?" Darien 
asked.

"She's my daughter!" one of the Lunas cried.  Luna and Artemis of the future 
rushed forward and Rini put the small bundle down on the floor.  The two 
cats from the past looked at the small gray kitten, who was being hounded by 
her parents, then at each other before blushing a *deep* shade of red.

Serena bit her lip to hold back the smart remarks that were about to come 
out of her mouth.  Tears began to well up in her eyes from joy and the pure 
amusement of the situation.

She obviously had more control then her blonde haired look-alike.  "OH MY 
GOD!" Mina shrieked happily.  "Looks like somebody's been keeping 
secrets..." she said as she looked at Luna and Artemis mischievously.

Luna and Artemis dropped their heads and sighed in exasperation.  Serena and 
Darien having a daughter was one thing, it was expected!  But the girls 
weren't really expecting *Luna* and *Artemis* to have one too!  'I'm never 
gonna hear the end of this,' both cats thought at the same time.

"Well, aren't you gonna say hello?" Serenity asked sounding very much like 
her younger self.

As Luna and Artemis approached their future kitten, a huge explosion stopped 
them.  Most everyone in the room fell down from the sheer force of the 
eruption.

"Again?" Jupiter yelled over the roar.

Rini screamed as the ceiling began to come down on top of her.  The others 
desperately fought through the falling pieces of crystal to find themselves 
where they least expected to be.  Outside.

"What?" Serena whispered.  She closed her eyes in pain.  Crystal Tokyo 
looked even worse then it did before.  There was a thick blackness that hung 
over the city.  It clung to the buildings and the earth casting a deathly 
glow on the planet.

Serenity felt tears come to her eyes.  She hadn't actually seen the 
destruction of her city until now.  It was awful.  Her breaths came faster 
as she took in her surroundings.  It was awful... "Just like home..." she 
whispered hoarsely clenching an angry fist.

Everyone jerked their heads towards her at her words.  "NO!" Serena told her 
fiercely.  "This isn't like the Moon Kingdom!  It will never be like that.  
I won't *let* it be like that."

"Pretty words!" bellowed a voice.  "But words are just words, they won't 
save your kingdom."

A savage wind swept swiftly over the plain that the Sailor Scouts and the 
others were standing on.  It came so fast that they couldn't prepare for it 
and all of them were blown back, causing many of them to slam into the 
castle walls and dead trees.

Sailor Moon picked her head up and looked at their attacker.  She stood up 
slowly and faced the Wiseman.  She turned her head and saw that Serenity was 
also up and looked ready to do her job.  'It's now, or never,' she told 
herself.  It didn't help much, this battle would either save the future, or 
destroy it.  If one thing changed that was it.

And then, she would loose everything that she ever wanted; Darien, her 
daughter, her friends...a future.

'I can do this!'  Tuxedo Mask stood up and joined Sailor Moon.  He placed a 
reassuring hand on her shoulder.  She smiled up at him, content with the 
feeling inside of her.  Endymion pulled himself up and walked over to 
Serenity.  Taking her hand he squeezed it gently.  This was it.

The Wiseman sneered at the young Prince and Princess who stood in his way.  
All that he had to do was get rid of one of them and this battle would be 
won.  "You will die!  I swear that you will perish!" he yelled as he powered 
up.

Sailor Moon stood as stone and didn't flinch as the power came towards her 
and Tuxedo Mask.  She remembered the words she had spoken during her last 
battle with Queen Beryl.  It seemed appropriate to say them again now that 
she was going to quite possibly die again. "I am not afraid anymore!"  She 
looked at the Wiseman with wide, determined eyes.  Her crescent moon flashed 
brightly after she finished speaking.

Still on the ground, the Sailor Scouts shielded their eyes from the 
illustrious golden glow.  When they dared to look up again there, in all 
their glory, stood Princess Serenity and Prince Endymion.  The Wiseman 
looked at the two future rulers with something that almost resembled 
curiosity.

The Sailor Scouts sat in near shock at the sight of the Prince and Princess. 
  Serenity snapped her eyes open and placed her hands in front of her.  
Concentrating, she willed the Imperium Silver Crystal to appear to her in 
her hands.

The Wiseman, realizing what she was doing, quickly launched another powerful 
attack of energy towards the two.  Unprepared, Serenity and Endymion were 
thrown back by the Dark Storm and into their friends, knocking them down 
too.

Queen Serenity and King Endymion rushed to their friends' sides, but were 
thrown back.  Princess Serenity struggled up and walked forward, still 
mentally holding the crystal in front of her.

"Foolish child," the Wiseman hissed.  "You can't win!  You'll never win!"  
He finished his powering up, and aimed carefully and precisely for the 
golden haired Moon Princess.  "Die!"

Serenity wasted not another second, "Moon Crystal Power!" she called.  The 
searing white-hot light from the Silver Crystal clashed with the death black 
power of the Dark Moon.

The other people watched the battle helplessly.  There was nothing they 
could do to help, and with out another Silver Crystal Queen Serenity was 
powerless.  Rini stood in awe and watched as Princess Serenity gave 
everything to save them.  "Mommy..." she whispered brokenly.

Queen Serenity watched her younger self fight a hopeless battle.  Tears came 
to her eyes as she thought about what they could loose from this battle.  
Everything.  They would loose everything.  "If only I had my Crystal," she 
whispered.

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Rini, hearing her mothers' plea closed her eyes in shame.  It was her fault 
that the Imperium Silver Crystal from the future had disappeared.  She had 
only wanted to be like her mother; beautiful and graceful.  'But, this is 
what Mommy was like at my age!' she realized.  'I am like Mother!'

She looked out at Princess Serenity and felt tears come to her eyes, the 
battle was becoming more of a struggle for her.

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Princess Serenity forced her energy into the Crystal before her.  She had to 
win, no matter what happened.  If she died then she could only hope to be 
reborn to make this future transpire.  With out the Silver Crystal of the 
future, it was just her fighting, Queen Serenity wouldn't be able to help 
her.  Not like she needed her to.

She felt herself falling, but she wasn't going to give up.  Not now.  
Forcing herself to stay on her knees, Serenity concentrated harder, forcing 
more energy into the Crystal.

Serenity felt a strong hand on her shoulder.  Turning her head, she saw her 
one true love kneeling next to her with one arm around her.  She could 
already feel her strength increasing as he held her and poured his own 
energy into the Silver Crystal.

'Please, give me strength!' she thought desperately as her Crystal began to 
glow brighter.  "I need more power!" she yelled out desperately.

"You will never win!" the Wiseman yelled as he increased his power again, 
causing Serenity and Endymion to loose more ground.

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Rini let loose her guilt in one loud cry as she heard her future mothers' 
pleas.  She couldn't help it, it was all her fault that the future was being 
destroyed right before her eyes.  'Please,' she prayed silently to whoever 
would listen to her cries.  'Please, I need the Silver Crystal!  I need to 
save my Mommy!  If there is anyone who can hear me, PLEASE!  Help me!'

In an answer to her own prayers, the Princess let a single, solitary tear 
streak down her cheek.  It began to glow, dimly at first, but then brighter 
and brighter.

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Queen Serenity tore her eyes away from the battle for a split second and 
gazed at her daughter.  She then gave a gasp.  Rini was glowing a flushed 
color.  "Rini?" she whispered.

The child turned her eyes towards her mother and held the tear that she 
cried in her hands.  Slowly, the teardrop melted away and was replaced by a 
small and shinning gem.

Serenity gasped and ran to her daughter.  "I'm sorry, Mommy," Rini whispered 
as she held the stone.  "I-I didn't mean to..."

Her mother smiled in a way that only a mother can and nodded.  "I know, 
Honey.  I know."  Taking her Crystal from her daughter, Serenity took a deep 
breath.

A small scream irrupted from the battlefield.  Serenity whipped her head to 
Serena and gasped.  She was so weak now, she wouldn't be able to hold on 
much longer.

"Please, my friends!  Please help me!" she yelled.

Queen Serenity looked at the small crystal in her hands.  With out thinking 
twice, she raised the ancient relic above her head and shouted, "MOON 
CRYSTAL POWER!"

The Sailor Scouts and Endymion, who were completely clueless, looked at 
their Queen in awe as she began to help her former self.

"Everyone!" Endymion called as he walked to Serenity as fast as he could.  
Placing an arm on her shoulder, he called out instructions to them.  "We 
need to help!  Gather all of your power and concentrate on destroying that 
creature!  Help them!"

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Princess Serenity felt part of her burden being lifted, it was getting 
easier.  She felt the presence of another Imperium Crystal.  'How did 
she-don't think about it!  Just keep going!'

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Rini didn't know what she could do.  She had never fought before, and yet 
she felt as if she absolutely had to fight for her planet.  'Go to your 
mother, Serenity.  She will let you help,' a soft angelic voice whispered in 
her mind.

'Who are you?' Rini wondered to the voice.

'I am a friend.  Actually, I am your Grandmother.  Now all you need to do to 
help is touch your mother and will your energy into the battle.  Give it a 
shot,' the whisper told her.

'Grandma?' Rini thought.  'Thank you!'

The Wiseman was continuing to unleash his power at the warriors.  "No matter 
how many of you there are, you will not win!  I will rule this universe as 
well as all others!"  With that, he unleashed every ounce of dark energy he 
could at the weakening warriors.

Rini ran to her mother and touched her hand.  'For my friends!'  Rini began 
to send her energy into the Silver Crystal, just as her Grandmother had 
instructed her.

Queen Serenity knew what her daughter was doing and called out to her, 
"Rini!  No, don't.  You'll be killed!  Please stop!" she pleaded but to no 
avail.

Rini looked to her mother with wide eyes and smiled.  She had to do this.  
She couldn't run anymore.  'I ran before, Mother.  I won't do it again!'

The Sailor Scouts lined up behind their friends and linked hands.  They had 
so much to live for and again someone was trying to take it away from them.

"You will never win!" Queen Serenity declared as she put more energy into 
her efforts.

On a silent countdown, the Sailor Scouts and the Royalty let loose all of 
their power at once.

"MERCURY STAR POWER!"

"MERCURY CRYSTAL POWER!"

"MARS STAR POWER!"

"MARS CRYSTAL POWER!"

"JUPITER STAR POWER!"

"JUPITER CRYSTAL POWER!"

"VENUS STAR POWER!"

"VENUS CRYSTAL POWER!"

"MOON CRYSTAL POWER!"

"MOON CRYSTAL POWER!"

The Wiseman didn't even know what hit him.  In an instant the ten different 
powers combined and formed one silver sphere.  Lightning quick, it slammed 
into him full force.  His crystal ball shattered and the silver light over 
powered him in an instant.

He vanished with out a scream into Hell.

Both Serenity's lowered their crystals and smiled at each other.  Breathing 
heavy they did the only thing they could do...collapse.

Prince and King Endymion caught their respective loves in their arms as they 
collapsed to the ground.  The Sailor Scouts ran to their Queen/Princess and 
began to ask frantically if they were alright.

"Serenity?" Endymion whispered to her.  "Serenity, please, if you can hear 
me love..."

"Mommy..." Rini whispered barely loud enough to be heard.  She hung her head 
and let her tears flow freely down her cheeks.  "I'm so sorry, Mommy."  She 
slowly slid down to the ground and buried her head in her knees, trying not 
to sob too loudly.

Prince Endymion detransformed down to Darien and held Serena as close as he 
could.  "Serena.  Please, open your eyes!  Please...I need you.  I love 
you," he whispered.

"I *know* you love me, you fool," came a small whisper.  "But how much do 
you love me?"

Darien looked at her in surprise.  Serena's eyes were open and she was 
smiling brightly.  Darien was no longer able to control the emotions inside 
of him.  He smiled back at her and aloud a few lone tears to streak down his 
face.  Lowering his face to hers he came within centimeters of her lips.  
"This much," he whispered to her softly as he pressed his lips against hers 
in a long, passionate kiss.

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Endymion watched the Prince and Princess' happy reunion half-heartedly.  He 
had to smile as the Sailor Scouts enveloped the two in a huge group hug.

But Serenity wouldn't wake up.  Her face was pale and she was cold.  Her 
cheeks weren't flushed.  She seemed to be dead.  But it was just impossible! 
  She couldn't be...  "It can't end like this," he whispered into his wife's 
hair.  "You can't leave me now!" he cried out causing Serena and Darien to 
look at their future selves.

"Oh, no," Serena whispered as she got a good look at the site before them.  
The Sailor Scouts were holding each other for dear life with tears streaking 
down their faces.  Endymion was holding his beloved as close as he could 
while tears poured down his face.  Rini was huddled, alone, away from the 
others with her head in her legs, not looking up.

The Sailor Scouts of the past bent their heads in sorrow.  It just couldn't 
be...

"Never..." came a small whisper.

Endymion pulled his tear-streaked face out of Serenity's hair and looked at 
her in shock.  She was looking up at him with half-opened, loving eyes.  
"You will never loose me.  I promised you eternity, Endymion.  I'll always 
be by your side.  Forever, and a day after,*" she whispered, opening her 
eyes up more.

Everyone snapped their heads up at almost the exact same time.  "SERENITY!" 
the Sailor Scouts cried rushing to give her a hug.

Rini looked up at her mother and gave a gasp.  "MOMMY!" she yelled running 
into her mothers' arms.

Serena and Darien exchanged a look and smiled.  Everything was alright after 
all.

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The Next Day...

Serenity smiled as the Sailor Scouts of the past got ready to leave.  "Thank 
you so much for all your help!" she told Sailor Moon as she drew her into a 
hug.

Sailor Moon hugged her back and smiled, "Hey, no prob!  It was...well, I'll 
be honest with you-it was really weird!"

Everyone laughed but silently had to agree with her.  The past couple of 
days had been interesting to say the very least!

Serena walked up to Endymion and hugged him too.  He returned the hug and 
then held her at arms' length.  "You're short!" he told her.

Serena glared at him, "I'll let your wife deal with you on that one!"

Darien shook his head and broke the hug that he was giving Serenity.  
"You're tall," he told her.

"I am a few years older," she said with a smile as she walked over to 
Endymion.  She swatted her husband on the shoulder.  "Don't be rude!"

The other Sailor Scouts were saying goodbye to themselves, as well as Luna 
and Artemis.

Luna and Artemis gave Diana a hug before they left.  Serena had a feeling 
that Diana was going to be a touchy subject for a while.

Jupiter gave Lita a new recipe, which she insisted everyone was absolutely 
going to love.

Venus and Mina held each other and cried while everyone else sweatdropped.

Mercury gave Amy a new memory chip for her mini computer causing another 
sweatdrop moment.

Mars and Raye however...

"Ok, you have to makes sure that you keep that Meatball Head in shape!  
Don't let her slack off for even a nanosecond!" Mars instructed.  Raye 
nodded her head seriously.  Now that was something she could do!  And do 
well.

"MARS!" Serenity protested.  "Don't tell her to do that!"

"Oh be quiet!  It's for your own good!  Now, if she ever starts to slack off 
you can always-" she was cut off by Jupiter placing a hand over her mouth.

"Mars, don't dig yourself a hole!" she hissed to her.

Endymion shook his head and then turned to Darien, who was doing the same 
thing.  "It's nice to know that no one changes," Darien said with a smile.

"If you say so," Endymion mumbled, but then smiled.  Extending his hand the 
two shook hands.  "Take care of her, Darien.  Hold on to her, and don't ever 
let her go."

"I won't.  I wouldn't survive," Darien told the older man seriously.

"Darien," Serena whispered.  Darien turned around and saw that Serena was 
holding the hand of a small candy haired child.

Smiling, he walked over to Rini and engulfed her in a hug.  Serena did the 
same and couldn't stop herself when her tears began flow down her cheeks.  
Pulling away, Serena looked into Rini's eyes and smiled.  "You be good and 
let your mother get some rest, ok?"

Rini nodded and hugged them again.  "We'll see you later, Rini," Darien 
whispered to her.  "In our future."

Rini reluctantly let go of them and ran to Serenity and Endymion.  Even if 
she had her parents in her time, it was still hard to watch the ones of the 
past leave.  They were very different and very much the same.

"Oh, Serena, one more thing," Serenity said to her.

"Yes?"

Serenity smiled mischievously, "I really should have studied more when I was 
in school.  Please study," she told her seriously.

Serena looked at her future self as if she was an alien, "ME?!?!?!?!  Yeah 
right!  Besides...wouldn't that change the future if *I* study when *you* 
didn't?" she asked smartly.

"Actually," a new voice intervened, "it wouldn't effect the future at all if 
you started to do good in school.  You should probably do it."  Sailor Pluto 
appeared wearing a smile on her face.  "You are intelligent, Princes.  Don't 
let it go to waste!"

"See?" Queen Serenity asked with a smile.

Serena just sighed, "Fine-you win!  I'll try, ok?"

"And we'll make sure of it!" voiced all of the others from the past.  Serena 
lowered her head and sighed again.  It was going to be a long thousand 
years.

Sailor Pluto cleared her throat and motioned to the door behind them, "It is 
time to go.  Hurry!" she instructed.

The Sailor Scouts walked to the door.  Right before they stepped through 
though, they heard a voice cry out, "Good bye, Mommy!  Daddy!  I'll miss 
you!"

"Rini..." Serena whispered as the door closed on the future.

Darien put his arm around her and squeezed her shoulder.  "We'll see her 
again, Serena."

She smiled up at him, "I know," she whispered back.  Looking back at the 
door to Crystal Tokyo she smiled.  "I know."

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One week later Serena was sitting in the Crown Game Center.  It had been a 
whole week since the final battle with the Wiseman and The Dark Moon and so 
far everything look to be going just fine.  Serena and Darien were slowly 
getting over the fact that Rini was gone and they wouldn't see her for a 
while.  Luna and Artemis refused to talk about their relationship, although 
the girls knew they would get it out of them *someday.*  And they couldn't 
wait for the day that they did.

No one even knew that they had been gone.  Thanks to Sailor Pluto, they had 
arrived only seconds after they disappeared, making sure they didn't loose 
any time.  Serena's family didn't remember Rini, nor did they ask where 
Serena had been most of the weekend.  The Scouts also contributed that to 
being Sailor Pluto somehow.

Life seemed to be doing good.  'Now to keep it that way...' Serena thought.  
She gave a yell as the Sailor V on the game screen died.  Again.  "Oh!  You 
stupid machine!  I swear, you gotta be rigged!"

A laugh made her stop her ranting and turn around.  She smiled brightly when 
she saw who it was, "DARIEN!"

Darien leaned down and caught her lips in a quick kiss.  "How ya doing, 
Meatball Head?" he asked her.

"Same old, same old!" she chirped happily.  "How about you?"

Darien smiled, "Pretty good, I guess.  He raised his voice loud enough for 
half the Crown to hear, "Other then the girls following us."

Serena laughed, "Yeah," she said raising her own voice, "they're really bad 
when it comes to being stealthy!"

Several groans were heard and four girls stepped out from behind some 
foliage.  "We get the message, guys," Mina grumbled.

Darien and Serena looked in shock at one of the people who came out of the 
palm trees.  "Amy, you're here too?" Darien asked in disbelief.

Amy bowed her head, "They made me come," she whispered.

Darien shook his head.  These girls were too much, and he had to stick with 
them for the rest of his life.  "Well since all of you are hear, you want to 
join Serena and I for lunch?  Something tells me that I'm paying," Darien 
mumbled under his breath.

"You know it, Dar!" Lita told him with a grin as they took a seat at their 
normal booth.

Soon, Lizzy came and took their orders.  "It's good to see you two together 
again," she told Darien and Serena with a smile as she slid into their booth 
after turning their orders in.

"No kidding," came Andrews' voice as he slid into another chair at the 
table.  "You were both miserable for awhile there!  I'm glad it worked out 
for you," he told them with one of his killer smiles.

"Yeah, me too!" came a new voice with a Brooklyn accent.  Molly and Melvin 
pulled up chairs to the already crowded table and took a seat.

"It is good to see Serena in good spirits again!" Melvin agreed.

Just then, Serena heard her name being called from across the café.  Looking 
up, she saw five women and one man walking over towards her table.  The man 
with blue hair had an arm around the woman with green hair in a bun.  The 
other four were smiling as they came up to the table and stood near Serena.  
The former Dark Moon lackeys were adjusting well to the twentieth century.  
As predicted, the sisters were able to get Emerald out of that green dress 
she had always worn and into something *much* more modest.  Serena smiled at 
Prisma and Sapphire, they were a very cute couple and Serena was just 
waiting for the proposal.  They had already said that if any of them fell in 
love Serena would get to be the Maid of Honor.

The group of friends continued talking for a long time.  They didn't seem to 
talk about anything...just everything.

Serena looked at each of them and smiled.  Only a few of them truly knew 
her, and even they had a lot to learn.  She had never felt so content as she 
did in that moment.  She couldn't wait for the future to come, for Rini to 
come, but she wouldn't want to miss the present.

Darien slid his arm around her shoulders and gave her a quick squeeze.  She 
looked up at him and smiled.  There was so much she was going to experience; 
so much she was going to see.  She knew she couldn't run anymore.  There was 
no place for her to run to.  She knew her destiny, and would meet it head on 
when it came.

However, the future could wait.  All she wanted to do was be where she 
belonged, and felt loved.

With friends.


THE END

That's it!  The end, no more!  *sniff*  I'm gonna take a good cry now.  Just 
kidding!  It's been great, my friends.  Thank you all so much for your 
support and ideas!

As I'm sure you noticed, both Rini and Serena realized that they couldn't 
run from their destiny or their problems anymore.  In a way that is the 
moral of my story (Not to mention where the title starts to make sense!): 
You cannot run from anything; it will always catch up with you in the end.

Next Week:

A brand new story!  It takes place when the Scouts are 17, three years after 
this one.  There will be an important read me that you will need to read in 
order to understand the story, so please read it!  Gosh, think I said 'read' 
enough in that sentence?  It will have nothing to do with "Nowhere to Run, 
Unable to Hide."

So stay tuned for my next story "Final Awakenings."  Oh, no one will die in 
this fic!  I've had people wonder about that, so you don't have to worry!

* - I got the line "Forever and a day after" from Nicole Cherre's story "A 
Promise Kept."  I also used one of her lines in chapter 9.  It went - "His 
body relaxed in a way only the dead could..."  I put a * there but forgot to 
put the note!  Oops!  Gomen nasai, onee-chan!  *bows head in shame*  I'm 
sorry!  But this *is* free publicity for her, so go read her stories!  A 
STORY I DID NOT STEAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I DID NOT STEAL ANY OF HER 
STORIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  THE ONE'S SHE TALKING ABOUT HAVEN'T EVEN BEEN 
PUBLISHED YET!!!  I'VE NEVER SEEN 'EM!

Later guys and as always- FEED BACK!  How did you like the story in general?

Hugz, kisses and good wishes to all of ya!

Stef-chan