The war lasted much longer then Atem would have liked to deal with, but he really didn't have much he could have done to make it any shorter. Pharaoh Atem and his loyal magicians and solders finally won the war after eight months, defeating Thief King Akifa and the Dark Lord Zorc with many hard sacrifices. They learned just after the battle with Zorc that to keep Zorc out of this world, Atem would have to bond his soul to Akifa's and seal them both away. The worst thing was, Atem would have to leave his beloved wife and queen Serenity behind. He could only hope that he could see her again. He sent word to Serenity that the war was over, but he left out what he needed to talk to her about. He anxiously waited for her to reply or better yet, for her to come back to Egypt.

Since Atem sent her back to the Moon, Serenity waited anxiously to see her husband again. She had figured out that she was pregnant with a baby boy a little after she adjusted to life in the Moon Kingdom again. Her guardians had taken very good care of her and the baby of course, but she still missed her husband and worried about him.

The eight months went by slowly for Serenity besides the fact that she was dealing with a baby and that was an interesting experience altogether. She just wished Atem was with her. Serenity had already figured out a name for her child by the time she got word from Atem. She looked down at the beautiful blue planet, one hand on her belly.

"Don't worry, you'll meet daddy soon..." She muttered to herself, nearly bursting at the seems to see Atem again. But she had to wait a little bit longer. One more day my love... She thought before going to get some rest before she went back to Egypt.

For Atem, that one day felt like eternity. But the time came and he turned to see his love walking over, hardly noticing her rather large belly.

"Serenity!" He went to her, his hand cupping her cheek. Serenity smiled at him as she put her hand against his.

"Atem. My Atem." She held in her tears, seeing the sad look in her love's crimson eyes.

"There is much we need to talk about." He lead her to another room to tell her of what he must do. "My love, my time in his world is short. It is... hard to tell you this, but... As Pharaoh, I must do what is best for my kingdom. To protect everything here in this world, and to protect you, I must seal my soul to Akifa's and leave this world. I have to give up two things so when I come back I will have something to look forward to, I chose my name and my memories. And... the spell will erase all memory involving me and my name here I'm not sure what it will do to you... I'm sorry. I do not want to do this, it is the most difficult thing I have ever done and will do." He looked up at his wife who understood.

"I understand my love," Serenity paused and gently took her husband's hand and placed it on her belly as the babe inside kicked,. "As I'm sure our son will." Atem's eyes widened as he felt the kick, looking up at Serenity. This just got even more difficult... He thought sadly. Atem gently kissed her as Priest Seto, Atem's cousin approached, his face and blue eyes forlorn.

"My King... it's time time." He said in a soft tone. Atem nodded and looked at Serenity.

"I don't want you to see this..." Atem said quietly, but Serenity convinced him to let her come. They followed Seto to the chamber where they held Akifa and where the spell would take place. Seto took his place and Atem approached him with a smile.

"Thank you, dear cousin. I'm sure you will make a great Pharaoh and... uncle. I trust you will take good care of Egypt." The Pharaoh said and looked over at Serenity. Seto's eyes widened as he looked at his cousin's wife who was obviously pregnant before returning his gaze to Atem and nodded. This was just as hard for Seto as it was for Atem, but it was their duty. The Pharaoh took his place across from Akifa as Seto start the spell.

At first, the pain wasn't obvious but as the spell progressed, Atem and Akifa started screaming in complete agony. Akifa seemed to be laughing and screaming at the same time while Atem just screamed. It felt like his soul was being ripped out of his body while being attached to Akifa's. It hurt to watch, but Serenity still watched. When Seto faltered, Atem felt it and would scream. "DON'T STOP! FOR THE GOOD OF EGYPT!" And the high-priest would continue.

After what felt like eternity, the spell was complete and Atem and Akifa were dead, their souls bound together and tossed into the Shadow Realm. Tears fell down Serenity's face as Seto picked up his cousin's lifeless body and took him to another room to have him prepared him for burial. Seto even took the Millennium Puzzle apart and buried it in Atem's tomb which he made the best as ever. After Atem's burial ceremony, Serenity returned to the moon and broke down crying when her guardians and friends came to her.

"Serenity? What happened down there?" Asked Venus concerned, instantly at her half sister's side. Queen Serenity hurried over and bent down at in front of her daughter with Luna at her side. With Venus's help, the Queen got her daughter to her room where Serenity explained what happened with Atem. Venus was worried for her sister, she was obviously broken and Venus wanted nothing more then to help Serenity through this, but how?

After about a week into her last month with the baby, Serenity started to improve, but she wasn't the same. The guardians did what they could, but they knew that they had to let Serenity find her own way to deal with the grief. Jupiter often heard Serenity talking to either herself or the baby in her room. She told her concerns to Queen Serenity who took note of it. Serenity had noticed that she couldn't remember her husband's name or picture his face very clearly. She figured that that was the effect the spell had on her. But at least she still had most of the memories of him.

The month went slowly, but it was all a blur for the moon princess, at least until the baby came. Mercury was the one to deliver the baby boy while Serenity gripped Venus's hand. Mercury gently cleaned him off before giving him to his mother. Serenity smiled a little as she held the small babe.

"Oh, my little Yugi." She whispered, holding onto her newborn son who would grow to look very much like his father.

By the time Yugi was two, he already had his father's looks. He had the same tri-colored, star shaped hair and was rather short for his age. But instead of having his father's more sharp features and tan skin, Yugi's features were a bit more round, like his mother's along with her fair skin and instead of having crimson eyes and crimson tips in his hair, he had shocking violet eyes and tips in his hair. As he grew, little Yugi became a dear part of everyone's heart. He was shy and timid and usually stayed near his mother, his grandmother, or the guardians. He loved playing with the guardians, or his aunts, Luna and Artemis. He even got Sailor Uranus and Neptune to love him. Serenity told her son the stories of his father, which Yugi enjoyed, and she started teaching him the Egyptian language when he was ready.

Eventually, Serenity went to Earth and met Prince Endymion. They grew close, but the princess always had the feeling that the closer she got to Endymion, she just betrayed the Pharaoh she married. One day she had to vent to her mother, Queen Serenity.

"Serenity, you still remember your pharaoh and in your heart, you still love him. As long as you remember him, I'm sure he would want you to be happy. I don't think he would want you to remain alone. He would want you to move on and just be happy." Queen Serenity spoke and her daughter nodded.

"You're right, I love Endymion, but I will always love the pharaoh I married." Serenity smiled a little. "I... I think I'm ready to see Egypt again. I want Yugi to know of his father and his Egyptian heritage." Queen Serenity nodded at her. That next day, she took Yugi to Egypt and met with Seto, the current Pharaoh who welcomed them. Yugi was shy and he wasn't very fluent in Egyptian.

"Welcome, Princess Serenity." Seto said with a small smile. Serenity bowed, and Yugi followed suit then quickly hid behind his mother.

"Thank you, Pharaoh Seto." She looked at her son. "It's alright Yugi." She spoke in the moon language before returning her attention to the pharaoh who smiled a little, more. "This is Yugi, my son. He's... a little shy."

"My cousin was as well." Seto spoke as Yugi poked his head out from behind Serenity, blinking his big, amethyst eyes. "I assume he doesn't know much Egyptian." She nodded at him. He stood up and walked over to them and bent down to be face to face with the young boy.

"Yugi, this is Pharaoh Seto, he's your father's cousin." Serenity said in the Moon Language. Yugi looked up at her, before looking back at Seto.

"I think I can help him learn Egyptian, it's the least I can do." Seto offered. Serenity smiled at him and agreed. Yugi took Seto's hand and was lead to the library where Seto began teaching him the same way he helped the former pharaoh learn. Yugi got on rather fast and actually enjoyed this. While they were busy, Serenity went to the room that held the pictures of the royal family and the pharaohs, past and present. She went to her husband's picture, her hand touching the picture.

"My love... I miss you. Yugi grows so fast and he is so much like you. I told him about you and I finally found the courage to come back here. I hope that wherever you are, you are alright." Tears fell down her face. Seto walked over with Yugi holding his hand with a bright smile on his face.

"Mommy!" He giggled and ran over to his mother who picked him up. Serenity looked at Seto who looked at the same picture.

"I miss him too and I'm sure he's proud of you and Yugi." Seto spoke. Serenity nodded in agreement. Yugi yawned a little.

"Mommy... I'm tired..." Yugi put his head on his mother's shoulder. They said farewell and returned to the Moon so Yugi could take a nap. Serenity sang a song that her pharaoh taught her to help Yugi sleep. Once he was asleep, she went to visit Endymion. Venus and the other guardians saw her leave, but didn't stop her. Queen Serenity passed by Yugi's room and heard him whimpering from a scary vision. He called them 'nightmares' mostly because he couldn't really understand the visions he got in his sleep. He got them every now and then, but only Sailor Mars and Queen Serenity knew exactly why.

"Mars!" Queen Serenity called urgently. The red clad sailor guardian ran over, her heels clicking on the stone floor.

"What is it?" She asked, then one look at Yugi and she got her answer. Mars went to the young Moon prince's side and held his hand, the vision instantly entering her mind. It was off a terrible war, but the image was a little hard to see sine it was so blurry. She saw people fighting, fires burning, a woman with long red hair carrying a sword and a dark, evil entity watching and guiding the destruction. Then she saw Serenity standing in front of Yugi, her words muted as the red haired earth woman brought her sword down. But the vision ended there.

Mars opened her eyes and noticed Yugi clinging to her, sobbing. She did her best to comfort the child.

He doesn't understand the vision he just saw... I don't blame him for being scared. I would too in his situation. He's too young to be seeing this! Mars thought to herself as she calmed Yugi down enough for him to go back to sleep with the red sailor guardian next to him in case of another 'nightmare' he didn't understand.

It wasn't until late that Serenity returned to find Mars's drifting off next to Yugi's bed. She smiled a little and yawned, going to bed herself, no idea that soon, all hell would break loose. During the next few years, when Serenity would visit Endymion, Yugi would go visit his 'uncle' Seto and would learn more about his Egyptian heritage. One day when he was visiting Seto, Mars came and quickly explained that there was trouble on the Moon Kingdom and that she needed to bring Yugi back. The boy hugged the pharaoh before following after Mars. He waved with a smile, that being the last time Pharaoh Seto ever say Yugi.

They quickly returned to the moon kingdom and Mars got Yugi to his grandmother before going to defend the Sliver Millennium with Venus, Mercury, Jupiter, and the Earth knights that they fell in love with. Endymion was protecting Serenity, but he died trying to get her back to the safety of the Moon Kingdom's palace.

"ENDYMION!" Serenity screamed, tears falling down her face as she watched another love die in front of her. Then she saw the red haired woman go towards the palace. "Yugi!" She ran as fast as she could, hopefully beating the woman to the palace.

Luna and Artemis were leading Yugi to a safe place, being chased by the woman who started this war. He tripped and fell, Luna and Artemis were too far away to help him now. Yugi scooted away, his amethyst eyes full of fear with tears falling down his cheeks. The woman walked to him, her sword in hand, but she hesitated. Do I really want to kill a child? She asked herself as Serenity ran over and in front of her son.

"I won't let you kill my son!" She used her body to shield Yugi's. The woman sneered at her and raised her sword and stabbed Princess Serenity.

"MOMMY!" Yugi screamed.

I'm coming my love... my pharaoh... Serenity thought as she fell, her white dress now stained with red. Yugi cried and looked up at the woman.

Beryl! Kill the boy! Metalia's voice filled Beryl's mind and she made Yugi's death as quick as she could, laying his body near his mother's. And she was gone before Queen Serenity found them. Tears fell down her face as she bent down to her daughter and her grandson as the guardians ran over.

"We're too late!" Venus gasped, her eyes wide and filling with tears. Mars fell to her knees, her head down. Mercury closed her teary eyes as Jupiter put her head down.

"We failed..." The green clad guardian cried. Venus looked up at Queen Serenity who held the Silver Crystal in her hand.

"Queen Serenity, no! The Crystal will kill you!" Venus exclaimed, causing the other guardians to look up, their eyes widening.

"I can give you all a second chance at life. I will use the crystal to banish Queen Metalia and restart the world. You will all be reborn, including Princess Serenity and Yugi. You won't remember any of this until the time is right." Then she paused and looked at the orange clad sailor guardian, her daughter. "Venus, I have a very important mission for you."

"What is it?" Venus asked with a small sniffle.

"You are the only one who will remember. I need you to protect Serenity until she finds you all and the seal on her memories and the crystal is broken. Can you do that?"

"I think so." Venus replied with a small nod. Queen Serenity smiled as Luna and Artemis ran over.

"Be the strong woman I know you are Venus. Artemis, Luna, I have missions for the two pf you as well, but until they are all reborn again, I need you to sleep." She put them in a sleeping state until it was time for their mission to start. She held the crystal and looked at the sailor guardians.

"Thank you, all of you."

"Goodbye Queen Serenity." Mercury said, tears falling down her face.

"Goodbye mother." Venus said. Queen Serenity nodded and used the Silver Crystal, it did what she wanted, but at the price of her own life. The Moon Kingdom was destroyed, but the four inner guardians, the three known outer guardians, Serenity and Yugi were all reborn on Earth again, living normal lives until it was time for their missions to begin.