Well, I'm back! No excuses coz they suck, and the only thing original about this story is the plot… and Ronan… he's mine

A few hours after the battle, and Ronan had been introduced to Serena's family, and with a little bit of magical convincing he was to stay with the Tsukino household. Ronan and Serena flopped down on the blonde teenager's bed, exhausted after their encounter with the monster. The pair was silent and soon you could hear soft snores coming from the young boy, obviously tired after the experience he had. Serena got lost in her thoughts, wondering about her boyfriend, when she would see him next without fighting the new monsters, who this kid was, and what she was going to do about this new threat to the relative peace on Earth. Somewhere along the line she too dozed off.

Serena's nap was short-lived. Her communicator's incessant beeping jolted her out of her rather enjoyable dream of her beloved.

"Alright, alright," she mumbled, "I'm up. What's up?" she grumbled into the screen.

"SERENA, we leave you alone for one minute with the kid and we find you sleeping on the job!" Rei's disgruntled voice yelled out of the small device.

"What do you mean Rei," Serena asked, confused, "Ronan's right-" the princess stopped short as she really woke up and realised the boy wasn't in sight.

"He's here! And in trouble! Get to the park, NOW!" Rei screamed into her communicator before terminating the conversation.

*hold on Ronan, I'm coming! Just try hold them there for me ok?* Serena sent to the child hoping he would hear her psychic call, her heart sitting in her throat, silently praying the child would be ok when she arrived She felt a small nudge from the child, reassuring her he would hold out without words. A soft pink light illuminated the blonde teen's bedroom, and moments later Sailor Moon jumped out of the window, leaping from local rooftops to get to the battle as quickly as she could.

The arrival of the senshi of the moon heralded a surprised youma, and an unconscious Ronan. Serena stopped to survey the scene before she made her fist move. Skipping her usual corny speech, Sailor Moon dropped down from the treetop where she was hiding, talking the dark blue monster to the ground before rushing to join her fellow scouts for an extremely short brief.

"What has he done to him?" Serena growled.

"Nothing that will hurt him yet, Miss Moon," the response came from the ground, as the monster slowly stood and regained its balance.

"Look, I'm not in the mood for games, I wanna go back to my bed. So tell me, why are you here? And what do you want with the boy?"

"Respirous is the Queen's child. It is my master's wish to exterminate this Prince-child himself," whilst speaking, the 7-foot monster bent down and hefted the boy onto his shoulder.

"Which Queen are you talking about?" Sailor Mars interjected with a little more force than her usual fiery self would allow. She moved into a position where she could attack, powering up her fireballs, but not letting them go. She knew she didn't have a clean shot at the monster, and she wasn't about to let an innocent child get hurt. She growled as the monster answered.

"Why, Queen Star of course!" the monster chuckled, his jaws making him sound harsh and guttural.

*But that's my last name! They don't know I'm the princess! Even the scouts don't know!* Sailor Moon thought to herself in shock.

"Enough! What good would it do to your cause if you killed the prince? Don't you already have the Queen?" Sailor Jupiter snarled, readying her lightning bolt. If only she could get a clear shot!

"But the power of two is greater than each on their own. My master wants power! And he shall have it!" The monster jumped up high, and would have gotten away except for a red rose that hit the tail of the brute which cause it to let go of the child. A blur of black was all you could see in the night's sky which caught the child and landed safely near the Sailor Scouts.

"Tuxedo Mask! Thank you!" Sailor Moon gushed. Meanwhile, Mars and Jupiter let fly with their attacks, harming the youma even further. Sailors Mercury and Venus also combined attacks to hold the creature in place.

"I'll be back, you meddling kids! My master will not allow for this!" the monster teleported away before Sailor Moon had time to charge her wand to defeat it.

"Lucky little sod," Moon grumbled, "I'll get you next time!" she yelled at nothing in particular. She turned to her senshi, "thanks guys, sorry he got away."

"Serena," Rai whined, "I really didn't want to get out of bed at this hour to come save some kids butt! Next time chain him to the bed or something!"

"I know, I know. He's completely out of it now. Ami could you-"

"Already run a scan and he's asleep. He'll wake up in the morning with a sore head, but he should be fine," the Mercurian scout interrupted, "But I do agree with Rei on this one. He needs to be watched. I was studying you know."

"I get the picture. I'll make sure he doesn't leave my sight. No how about we head to bed and talk about this tomorrow. Thank Selene it's a Saturday!"

The girls agreed and went their separate ways. Tuxedo Mask de-transformed and offered to walk Serena home. Ronan didn't stir once, even when Darien placed the child into his bed and pulled the covers up over him.

"He reminds me of someone," Darien whispered.

"Yeah," Serena softly replied, leaning into her boyfriend's shoulder, "he kinda looks like you, but in miniature. Do you think-?"

"Don't even think about it. I don't think I want the answer to that question," the ebony haired hero shook his head softly, "I think that's better left alone."

"You know, don't you? After the battle today and how he looks."

"Yeah, I think I do. I need some space to think about this though. I guess this means we're stuck together, eh meatball head?" Serena nudged her partner.

"I thought we were past name calling love. We will need to tell the scouts," she brushed aside a stray hair.

"Can it wait? Do they really need to know that you're the princess? I really don't want pyro getting on my case about the whole you hurt her speech she used to do."

"Alright, but if the need arises-"

"We'll them when the time is right. Not until then. Now, are you going to bed or am I going to have to tuck you in?" Darien devilishly queried.

"Enough, I'm going of my own accord. Could you imagine if my dad-"

"Stop," the male shuddered at the thought of Serena's dad with his shotgun chasing him down the street again, "Good point. Goodnight my love, sweet dreams. I'll talk to you tomorrow. Lunch at the arcade sound good to you?"

Serena hugged her prince tightly, supressing the need to squeal at spending some quality time with her partner.

"Of course I'll see you then. Goodnight my prince."

So there you have it folks, the next chapter. I've started revealing things for you. So what's in store for Ronan? And I'm not gonna spoil it for you, but you should have now worked out who Ronan is… I'm not sure if Rini will feature at all in this story, but I'm fairly certain there will eventually be a sequel based off the Black Moon series. As far as the length of this particular story? Who knows… I'm thinking I'll be lengthening the chapters a little though, what do you think?

Tell me what you think. Questions? Comments? READ AND REVIEW people! I thrive on your input, the good the bad and the ugly are all welcome.

I'll be back as soon as I can get away with uploading this at work again with the next instalment. The scouts have a pow wow, and there might be a little Sere/Dare action going on as well!

Starr