Song Of Hope: I've been meaning to write this story for a while, but after binging all Sailor Moon content possible I decided it was finally time to actually try and write this story!

Edit: I added the honorifics because it sounded weird to me when I read it out loud without all the honorifics. R&R

In the darkness of space, a small fire burned inside a dark sphere, creating ash and smoke that clouded up inside the sphere. The item that burned looked like a red rose, the petals curling in on themselves as they turned into ash. Rei watched, floating around the stars as a voice echoed throughout space.

"As all turns to ash and smoke so I make your form," echoed a dark, ominous voice as they smoke and ash started to swirl inside of the sphere, "loyalty born from the oncoming storm. I gift you the most glorious weaponry, to serve and bring the Eternal Entropy." The voice cackled darkly as the smoke and ash in the sphere began to take form, shining brightly.

"What is that thing," she asked, covering her eyes to keep herself from being blinded. "It's so bright!" Suddenly, she saw a star streaking through the sky. She turned to see where it was going, watching as it headed to Earth. "Is that a shooting star? Why is it heading to Earth?!" She started floating towards Earth, but then threw her hands up as a brilliant light made of all the colors Rei knew enveloped the Earth, spreading out to the entire Solar System. The light started heading towards her, almost hitting her.

She shot up off her futon screaming.

"Rei-san," yelled Yuichiro, throwing the door open to check on her, "is everything alright?!" Immediately, his face was met with a pillow. Rei blushed heavily, panting a bit as she glared at him.

"I'm fine," she insisted. "Don't barge into my room like that unless I'm asking for help! It was just a bad dream!"

"I'm sorry," he yelped, quickly slamming the door shut. Rei took in a few deep breaths before sighing.

"That Yuichiro," she groaned, hand on her forehead, "I can already feel a headache coming." She took in a deep breath, standing up. "But that dream, it was so ominous. Just what is the Eternal Entropy? Maybe it was just a nightmare." She put her hands together. "Oh please, let it just be a nightmare."

"Wake up Usagi-chan," said Luna as she tried to shake the sleeping girl awake. "Geez, it's been almost 6 years and you still can't get up for school on time!"

"Five more minutes," Usagi whined. "I stayed up late to talk to Mamo-chan."

"You're going to be late for school," Luna protested, going to the clock and pushing it to Usagi's face. "See?" Usagi yawned as she looked at the clock, rubbing her eyes. Once she saw it was 8:00 she started yelling, sitting up straight as she started to get ready for class.

"Why didn't you wake me up before now Luna," she asked, pulling her shirt over her head.

"I woke you up several times," Luna sighed out. "You kept going back to sleep each time."

"I'm sorry if I wanna talk to my Mamo-chan every night," Usagi shot back as she finished getting ready, running out her bedroom door. "That's the reason I keep sleeping so late!"

"It's like she thinks he'll forget her if she doesn't talk to him every night," sighed out Luna, hearing Usagi yell out that she was gonna be late. "Oh Usagi," she looked out the door, "you've grown so much, but you still have so much more growing to do."

"Oh dear, this is worrying," said Ikuko from downstairs. Luna perked up a bit in curiosity, walking downstairs, where Ikuko was standing in front of the TV. "It seems we can't just get any peace for long."

"What's she talking about," Luna asked herself as she looked at the TV, where a newscaster was talking, showing pictures of people, pale and unconscious.

"People have been reporting seeing flashes of light as their loved ones pass out, their brains being almost completely inactive according to neurologists who have been trying to wake them up," said the woman. "Medical experts all over the world are trying to figure out why in the recent days, people have been doing this. The only thing similar between any of these people is that they're in relationships, but nothing else has been found to link any of these people to show that they've shared any sort of communicable disease."

"Another enemy," Luna asked herself, frowning. "And just when I thought things could remain peaceful. I should talk to Artemis, see if we can find anything about what's going on."

"You just barely got here on time," teased Makoto in their homeroom class.

"You really shouldn't stay up so late in order to talk to Mamoru-san," said Ami with a smile. "It's not good for you health, especially considering the time zone differences."

"But I miss him so much," Usagi whined. "He left almost as soon as he got back after Sailor Galaxia kidnapped him!"

"I just realized something," said Makoto, looking up. "Minako-chan's not here yet. Do you think she's running late again?"

"I don't know," said Usagi, realizing Makoto was right. "Normally I run into her on my way to school but I didn't even see her today."

"She's probably gonna be late," said Ami. "The bells' going to ring any second now." Just as Ami finished her sentence, the bell started to ring. Moments after, Minako came running into the class, sitting down right before the teacher got in the room.

"Late again," asked Makoto.

"For a good reason," said Minako defensively. "I'll tell you at lunch! Now quiet, before the teacher hears us! He just barely didn't notice me rush into the classroom."

"Alright class," said the teacher, "before I begin today's lesson, I want to introduce you to some new students. Most of you were in this class last year, so I don't think we need to introduce everyone, but this year we have some students new to the school, transferring in from other high schools. We also have one student from Nigeria joining our class."

"Nigiri-a," asked Usagi. "What does that have to do with countries?"

"Not nigiri-a," corrected Ami, "Nigeria. It's a country in Africa."

"Whoa," said Makoto, "that's amazing. I wouldn't think someone from Africa would join our class."

"Please welcome Mesujishi Shikonno, Kyofu Heikono, and Asha Wadunia," said the teacher, watching as the three girls walked into the classroom. The first was a girl with long brown hair tied up in a ponytail with a red bow, and green eyes, wearing a black choker with an intricate golden pendant. The second one was a girl with short black hair and brown eyes, kind and warm, looking around the room at everyone. The last girl was a girl with dark skin and kinky, long back hair. Her eyes were a warm brown, but she had the same wary look that the other girl had.

"Hi, I'm Mesujishi Shikonno," said the first girl with a smile. "I like sweets and reading, and my favorite past time is going to the library!"

"Kyofu Heikono," said the second girl, "my past times include art and crime studies."

"I'm Asha Wadunia," said the last girl. "I come from the city of Calabar. I hope to learn a lot about Japanese culture!"

"Three new transfers in one day," said Ami with a frown. "That seems unlikely."

"You can take your seats," said the teacher. Mesujishi instantly went to sit at the open seat behind Usagi, where Seiya was before.

"I'll take this seat if you don't mind," she said with a bright smile. "It's nice to meet you guys!"

"I'll sit here," said Asha as she sat by Minako, in Yaten's empty seat. Kyofu just wordlessly sat down in Taiki's old seat, which left many of the classmates gasping.

"We kept those seats empty out of respect," protested one of the students. "That's where the Three Lights sat before they broke up and moved away!"

"But these are the only empty seats," said Mesujishi, turning to the complaining person and blinking. "What are we gonna do, stand?"

"I'm not gonna have a fight here," said the teacher. "Now, let's begin taking attendance." As he started calling roll, Mesujishi leaned forward to talk to Usagi.

"Hey," she whispered, "I'm new to this part of Tokyo. Know any good libraries?"

"Oh I don't read much," said Usagi sheepishly, "but I bet my friend Ami knows!"

"That's too bad," shrugged Mesujishi as she sat back down. "Nice talking to you!"

"You're not gonna believe what happened on my way to school today," said Minako, sitting underneath a tree with Ami, Makoto, and Usagi as they all shared their lunches. "I saw the most handsome guy on the way here! He was so dreamy I completely forgot about school! I mean I've seen some cute guys before, but this guy was just the dreamiest!"

"How handsome," asked Makoto, leaning forward and listening intensely.

"Like on a scale on 1 to 20," she asked before squealing, swaying back and forth rapidly. "He was at least an 11! He had short dark red hair and these gorgeous, dreamy blue eyes! I was so distracted that I started following him!"

"He can't be that good looking," said Usagi, mouth full of food. "I bet you my Mamo-chan is much better looking!"

"I mean they're both equally handsome," said Minako, "but he doesn't have the same feel to him that Mamoru-san has, you know? There was just something so alluring about this guy that I completely forgot I had school," She sighed, cupping her own face. "It must be love! I don't think I'd ever have a reaction like that unless we were just meant to be!"

"That's an interesting story," chuckled Ami before her face turned serious, "but we need to talk about something else. I checked in with some other students, and we have a total of six new students in our school all at once. It's a little suspicious, don't you think?"

"Are half of them in our class," asked Makoto, a little surprised. "If there's six, and we've got three, how do we have three in one class?"

"Well that might just be because we're the only class with three empty seats," said Ami. "After all, when the Sailor Starlights left we never got more students to fill those empty spots. But that's not the weird thing. They're all girls and from what I've heard the other students say, they seem to act like they know each other. There were some boys who saw them this morning and said that they all looked like they were already acquainted."

"Who are the others in our school," asked Usagi.

"One is in Class 3 names Riku Ushino, who was described as a really tall, boyish girl, and then Class 4, with twin girls named Kinnoko and Ginnoko Nijuseino," said Ami. "I don't have a description on those girls quite yet."

"Those are some interesting names," said Minako. "Do you think a new enemy is coming?"

"I don't know," said Ami, "but the fact that they all showed up at once, that's a little suspicious. I don't want to think the worst of new students, but I have to be cautious. After Sailor Galaxia, Earth still has a lot of stuff that's being rebuilt even now. We don't want anything else to get destroyed."

"I don't think they're a threat," said Usagi, wolfing down a rice ball. "Mesujishi asked me if I could tell her where there was a good library. She seemed really interested in it."

"A library," repeated Ami. "I mean I know some in the area but-"

"Did you say you know a library in the area," asked Mesujishi, practically running to be next to Ami with stars in her eyes. "Can you tell me where please?!"

"Uh," she was incredibly startled, Makoto, Minako, and Usagi's twitching faces matching hers.

"Mes," chastised Asha, walking up to her with Kyofu and three other girls, "you can't just run off like that." One girl was incredibly tall and visibly muscular, with reddish brown hair done in a low ponytail and brown eyes. The other two looked like twins with pale blonde hair and gray eyes. One had a side braid on the right side of her face with a gold bow and a mole under her left eye, and the other had a braid on the left side with a silver bow and a mole under her right eye.

"Oh come on," laughed Mesujishi, "you don't have to watch me constantly or anything!"

"You're going to get in trouble with Mitsuko if you don't behave," teased one of the twins.

"She's gonna yell at you so much," the other twin snickered.

"Come on kitten," said the tall girl, picking Mesujishi up by the back of her collar, "let's go finish our lunches."

"Aw come on," Mesujishi whined. "I wanted to sit with them!"

"That bunch is really something," laughed Minako nervously.

"It seems like they all already know each other," said Makoto. "Maybe Ami's right. We should have a meeting after school."

"I can't today," said Usagi. "I promised Naru-chan that I'd see her today. We haven't talked much since we stopped going to the same school, but I don't want our friendship to die, so I'm going with her and Umino to go shopping!"

"I don't know," said Makoto," I don't think that's a good idea right now. I think that we should come with."

"Come on," Usagi whined, "let me have this! Besides," she looked at Mesujishi, who looked like she was trying to get something from one of the twin girls, "I don't think we have new enemies. At least I doubt those girls are."

"But isn't it strange that they seem to all already know each other," asked Ami. "I think Mako-chan's right. There's not only these girls, but there've been reports on the news of people randomly passing out. Besides, every time you're with Naru-chan, something happens to one of you. Not that you shouldn't be friends anymore. I just think you should take precautions when you do hang out with her."

"I'm meeting with Naru-chan and Umino on my own," said Usagi firmly. "You guys aren't my only friends you know. Out of all my friends in middle school, Naru-chan and Umino are the only ones I was able to keep in contact with after everything that's happened. I don't want to loose them. Not that I don't love you guys, I really do, but I want to have more friends than just the Sailor Guardians."

"I understand," said Minako, "but it's our job to protect you. At least let one of us come along."

"Ugh," Usagi groaned, "I have my communicator if something happens!"

"That's true," Makoto admitted, "but if anything even the slightest bit strange happens, head to the shrine and contact us."

"Hold on," said Minako, "I still think we should go with you."

"I just want one day of being normal," Usagi said tearfully, pouting at her friends. "I just want to hang out with Naru like a normal girl, is that too much to ask for?"

"Usagi-chan," said Ami, trying to argue, but failing in the peace of Usagi's pout. "Oh, come on, I can't say no when you give me that look!"

"Please stop with the face Usagi-chan," Makoto asked. "You know we're just looking out for you!"

"But I wanna do this," she sniffled, clasping her hands together. "Please! I promise I'll be good and contact you right away if something happens!"

"Oh," Minako sighed out, a hand on her forehead as she closed her eyes, "fine, but if anything does happen," she opened her eyes, pointing a finger at Usagi with a glare, "we are totally rubbing it in your face over and over and the next time you're going to have to listen to us, okay?"

"I promise," said Usagi brightly, her clasped hands going back and forth. "Naru-chan, Naru-chan, we're gonna have so much fun shopping together!"

"You can't do something like that," chastised the tall girl standing in front of Mesujishi. They were all behind the school, with Mesujishi standing up against a wall with the other girls around her. She looked down at the ground sadly, hands clenched.

"I just want to be friends with them," she said. "Is that so bad Riku-chan?"

"We need to be careful," said the twin with the left braid. "You can't be reckless like that Mesu-chan."

"I know Gin-chan," said Mesujishi, "but you know how important all this is to me! This is the one chance we get and we can't blow it!"

"We know Mes," said Asha, sighing, "but we have an important mission. You can't jeopardize that."

"I think we should cut her some slack," said Kyofu. "She's got a lot to worry about right now."

"We're doing this for her," said Riku, looking at Kyofu with a frown. "We can't risk having to leave early."

Usagi, wearing a jean overall dress over a long-sleeved pink shirt, with red bows on her buns, was looking around outside the arcade, pouting.

"Naru-chan promised she'd meet me here with Umino," she complained.

"We're right here Usagi-chan," said Naru, waving behind Usagi with a smile. She wore a lacey blue top with a knee length purple skirt, with Umino next to her.

"Umino, Naru-chan!" Usagi gave them both a big smile as she turned around, grasping Naru's hands with her own, "it feels like forever since I've seen you guys! So much has happened since middle school!"

"Yeah, it's been crazy Usagi-chan," Naru laughed. "I thought you'd forgotten all about little old me since we didn't go to school together anymore."

"No way!" Usagi shook her head rapidly. "You're my best friend, now and always!" She smiled at Umino. "I'm glad we finally have a chance to hang out again!"

"So, where are we going," asked Naru. "Which store should we visit first?"

"There's this new chocolate store," said Umino. "I hear they have the best sweets in town!"

"Sweets," repeated Usagi and Naru.

"That sounds like a good first stop," Usagi said, bouncing with excitement. "We can share strawberry cream chocolates, I know those are your favorites!"

"I'm glad you still remember," said Naru with a smile. "And do you still like the peach cream chocolates?"

"You know it," Usagi giggled, looping her arms in both Naru and Umino's. "This is gonna be so much fun!"

"What?" Minako, Ami, Makoto, and Rei were all sitting at the table by the window at the Crown Fruit Parlor. Rei was in shock at what Makoto had just told her, dropping the straw she had been idly playing with. "You mean you guys have six new students at your school at once?"

"It's a little odd," said Ami, "and with all the people collapsing, I can't help but feel like it can't be a coincidence. We may have a new enemy that we have to face, but I can't imagine an enemy stronger than Sailor Galaxia. I think there's no way these new students and the collapsing people are unrelated."

"I don't either," said Rei. "I have three new students in my school too, one in my class even, named Mitsuko Honono."

"Did you say Mitsuko," asked Makoto, standing up in her seat and slamming her hands down on the table.

"Uh yes," said Rei, blinking. "She had a strange energy about her. The other girls too. They all seemed to know each other too. In fact, they all had a strange energy around them. It felt foreign and familiar at the same time." She looked up at Makoto. "What does her name have to do with it though?"

"The girls at our school talked about a girl named Mitsuko," said Makoto, "and one shows up at Rei's school with the same name on the same day? This can't be a coincidence."

"We have to go find Usagi," said Minako, starting to get up. "She's probably in trouble. Again."

"Wait," said Rei, standing up and holding a hand out, "what did Usagi say about this? You guys said she was out with Naru today and wanted time alone with her, should we really interrupt it?"

"You know how Usagi is," said Makoto. "She thinks it's not a big deal and doesn't think we need to worry about these new students."

"Why am I not surprised," sighed out Rei. "Well, we should wait. She has her communicator, and you made her promise to tell you and come to the shrine if anything happened. I think that she'll do it. I know that Usagi is scatterbrained at times, but I know she'll keep to her promise. We should finish eating and go to the shrine. Besides, after everything Usagi's been through recently, I think she needs a little slice of normal."

"What do you mean by that," asked Makoto, sitting back down. "Nothing's happened in months for once, not after the Sailor Starlights went back to Kinmoku with Princess Kakyu."

"That's true," said Rei, "but we're still not exactly normal ourselves. We're always protecting her, standing guard over her. We're her friends and I know she still sees us that way, but, I think Naru-chan is important to her because Naru-chan isn't her chosen guardian. She's just someone who cares about Usagi, and the same goes for Umino. They're normal for her. She doesn't want us to be involved because she wants to feel that sense of normalcy that she'd previously lost. I think she needs this. She feels safe enough to be normal. Let's let her have that for now."

"Wow Rei," said Minako, blinking, "that's really understanding of you. I'd think you'd be getting all," she started waving her hands on either side of her head, glaring, "rawr rawr Usagi's doing something dumb again," she lowered her hands and smiled, "and all that."

"You act like I hate her or something," Rei yelled, flushed at Minako's impression of her. "I just want her to be better, and what she's doing is childish for sure," she looked out the window, "but sometimes that's what you need. We don't know when the next enemy will come, and we know at the very least there's one more disaster coming our way. We should let Usagi have this while she still can."

"Are you sure we can do this," asked Luna. Her and Artemis were at Minako's house, sitting at a computer while Artemis typed in it.

"I'd rather have Ami do this," he admitted, "but we don't want to alarm the girls in case it turns out to be nothing. Besides, they almost never use the computer anyway. They're too afraid to break it to use it since they won it in a contest, so I'm really the only one who uses it."

"So what have you found," Luna asked, looking at the research that Artemis was doing.

"Not much," he admitted. "It's just the same stuff that's on the news. People have been collapsing and their brain waves have been going almost completely dead. There's nothing linking any of these people other than them all being in relationships. None of them even all bought anything from the same store! Some people share connections, but there's nothing connecting all of them together."

"This is suspicious," said Luna, frowning at the monitor. "It could be a new enemy, but we just don't have enough information."

"I did find something interesting," said Artemis, pulling up a picture. "The boyfriend of one of the victims is a well known artist, who walked in on the moment that his boyfriend collapsed. He painted what looked like a bright flame leaving his body." Luna looked at the picture intensely, looking at the artistic drawing of a handsome man, screaming in agony as what looked like a giant fire was being extracted from him by some unknown force.

"What is that flame," Luna asked aloud. "Is someone stealing these fires from people?"

"That's my theory," said Artemis, "but I don't know for sure. As far as I can tell, no one's in any danger of dying from this, so I think we should investigate further before we try and involve the girls. We don't know when the Earth will fall to sleep before the Neo Silver Millennium. We should let them enjoy being normal before-" Artemis stopped, looking down and away, unable to say anything else.

"Before they have to give up their lives and dreams for the rest of humanity," Luna finished for him, sharing an equally sad look as she turned back to the computer. "You're right. If we can, I think we should wait to involve the girls. It might be foolish, or even a horrible idea, but I want to give them some sort of life before they have to do this."

"But we might not have that choice," said Artemis. "I hope we can settle this ourselves though."

"These are so good," Usagi squealed out, leaving the chocolate store with Naru and Umino, eating straight out of one of the boxes.

"And they were really cheap," said Naru with a smile. "Wanna go try on some cute clothes?"

"That sounds amazing," giggled Usagi, turning around and walking backwards so she could look at her two smiling friends, "and I haven't spent all my allowance yet! Ami's been helping me get my grades up, so while I may not be the best student, I haven't been getting failing grades anymore!"

"Really," asked Naru, blinking a few times. "You haven't failed?"

"Not in a few months," said Usagi with a giggle. "I'm just barely passing really. In fact my homework has still been really bad, but my test grades are better!"

"That's impressive," said Umino. "You used to always fail everything in middle school."

"I guess I've grown up a little," Usagi said awkwardly, turning away and then walking straight into a man's chest. Both of them fell backwards, with Usagi, rubbing her back and whining. "Ow, that hurt a lot!" The man got up quickly, holding his hand out to her to help her up.

"Are you alright," he asked. Usagi looked up and was startled to see bright blue eyes staring back at her. At first she thought he might be Mamoru until she saw the rest of his face, and his longer dark red hair. She hesitantly took his hand, letting him help her up.

"I'm fine," she said, frowning as she looked at him. "Those eyes, they're so much like Mamo-chan's, but they're different too. I can't explain it."

"That's good," he said with a smile. "Then if you're alright, I'll be on my way." He started to walk off, Usagi turning to watch him go with a confused look on her face.

"Just who is he? First those girls, and now him?"

"Who was that guy," asked Naru with a frown. "He seemed a little odd."

"I don't know," said Usagi before shrugging. "It's not time for that. It's time to enjoy time with my friend!" She linked her arms in Naru and Umino's again. "Come on, let's go to the clothing store! We don't need to worry about some guy we don't know!"

Usagi and Naru sat on a bench while Umino waited in line at an ice cream stand. Usagi and Naru both had bags by them, and were talking to each other, smiling.

"You know, I was afraid we weren't friends anymore," said Naru, an embarrassed blushing smile on her face as she rubbed the back of her head. "We hadn't talked in so long. Ever since you became friends with Ami and everyone else, it's like we stopped being the friends that we used to be. I feel kinda silly about it now. I shouldn't have been jealous. It's a bad thing to be."

"That's not true," said Usagi, grabbing Naru's hands suddenly. "It's not a bad thing to feel jealous. It just means you're human. It's what you do with your jealousy that shows who you are. And not only that, but no matter what you're still always going to be my best friend! We've been close since we were little kids, and me being friends with Ami or anyone else isn't going to change that." Usagi gave her a comforting smile. "I'm glad you told me that though. I wouldn't have wanted us to stop talking and have you think that. You can talk to me anytime, even if we're not in the same school anymore!" Naru gave Usagi a relieved smile, letting out a breathe she didn't know she was holding.

"You're amazing, you know that Usagi-chan," asked Naru with a smile. "I'm glad we had this chance to talk."

"That's what friends are for," said Usagi. "We really should hang out more often. Let's set aside Friday afternoons for us. Umino can come too. He's sorta become my friend too!"

"Naru-chan, Usagi-chan!" They both turned and saw Umino walking up to them, smiling as he held three ice cream cones. "I got the flavors you asked for!"

"Thanks Umino," said Usagi with a smile, waving at him. "You're the best!" He smiled brightly at the compliment, handing the two girls their cones.

"It's nice to hear you say that," he laughed. "You always used to insult me, it's nice to hear you say nice things about me."

"Well things are different now," she said, giving her ice cream a lick. "I took you for granted and I'm sorry about that."

"You've really grown up a lot Usagi-chan," said Naru with a smile and a lick of ice cream, "but I bet you're still constantly late to school."

"Actually now I just barely manage to get there on time," she boasted proudly. "Hey, why don't we go to the arcade once we're done with our ice cream? There's a short cut right through the park!"

"I think that's a good idea," said Naru. "Motoki always gives you free tokens."

"I love video games," said Umino excitedly. "This is gonna be great!" Usagi smiled at her two friends, a kind of smile that showed excitement and relief. She wolfed down the rest of her ice cream and stood up, grabbing both of their free hands.

"Let's go!" She giggled as she tried to drag them.

"Wait Usagi-chan," protested Naru, "our bags!" From a distance, two girls looked on at the scene.

"Is that Bun Head," asked one of them.

"Is she by herself right now," asked the other. "I don't think that's safe, not now. Do you think the others are aware of what's going on right now?"

"Probably not," one replied, shaking her head with a small smile. "It's only been going on a couple of weeks, and it's only a few cases. Hopefully we can stop it ourselves. Maybe, just maybe this once, Usagi can live through this in peace."

"We should still keep an eye on her," said the second girl.

"Well yeah of course."

The girls were at the temple, sitting on the front steps as they watched the birds at the shrine fly around.

"I still think we should be with Usagi-chan," said Makoto. "I'm worried."

"She promised she'd tell us if she was in trouble," said Rei. "As much of a ditz as she can be, I still trust her."

"You make it sound like the rest of us don't trust her," said Ami, looking at Rei. "We do, but we also know that Usagi-chan can be easy to trick. She's just so kind hearted it's easy to take advantage of her." She sighed, looking back up at the sky. "I just wish she'd use her head more often."

"But then she wouldn't be Usagi-chan," said Minako with a small laugh. "I'm really worried about her too, but she said she'd stay close to the shrine, so we should be able to reach her instantly if something goes wrong."

"I just hope nothing goes wrong," said Makoto. "I wish we could be there just to make sure that it won't, but we have to respect Usagi's wishes, or else what kind of friends would we be?"

"You're allowed to not be happy about it," said Rei with a twitching eye, "but all the complaining is getting really annoying you guys."

"Sorry," Makoto apologized, a small blush on her face. "Wanna talk about something else?"

"Please," said Rei.

Usagi stood in front of Naru and Umino, humming happily as they walked through a forest path.

"She's happier than I've ever seen her," said Naru with a smile. "She always seemed happy whenever she was around Ami and the others, but now, she seems even happier than then. It's weird, but it makes me happy to know I can do that."

"Well you are her best friend," said Umino. "And don't forget, you're pretty amazing." He slipped his hand into hers and she blushed, smiling at him.

"You're only saying that because you're my boyfriend," she said. "I'm not really all that."

"You are though," he assured her. "Every day, I'm happy to think that you're dating a guy like me."

"Did you guys say something," asked Usagi, turning around and smiling at them as she walked backwards.

"Nothing important," said Naru. "So are you sure this is a short cut to the arcade?"

"It is," Usagi promised. "Mamo-chan and I used this shortcut all the time. He's the one who showed it to me!"

"That sounds romantic," said Naru. "How are you two? I haven't seen him at all in almost a year."

"Well he went to study in America so I haven't seen him or gone on dates," she admitted, "but I've talked to him every night!"

"That's sweet." Naru smiled at that, tilting her head. "I'm glad you and Mamoru are still happy."

"Just like me and Naru-chan," said Umino with a smile. Suddenly, he stopped, letting go of Naru's hand, shoving Usagi out of the way. "Usagi look out!" Umino was hit with a bright flash of light, screaming in pain as Usagi hit the ground.

"Umino," shouted both Naru and Usagi.

"How lucky," said a voice, "that I found three victims in one secluded place Love Dove." A humanoid female, with pink skin, long orange hair, and red eyes walked out from the bushes. She wore a long red dress with a heart neckline and a pair of orange heels. She held her hand out and a flame was pulled out of Umino's body, curling into her palm. "I've had such a hard time getting my victims alone long enough for me to extract their passion, but now I have three lovely victims right in front of me."

"I need to tell the girls," said Usagi as she went to use her watch communicator. The moment she tried to open it, a small bright beam hit her hand. She yelped, waving it around to try and get it to stop.

"I don't know who you're trying to contact Love Dove," said the creature with a smirk, "but I can't allow that to happen."

"I sense a strange power," said Rei in surprised and worry, standing up. "I think Usagi's in trouble."

"But you're the one who said that we should wait for her to contact us," said Minako with a smirk. "Are you going back on that?"

"Now's not the time for teasing," Rei yelled back. "We need to get to her right away!" She held up her transformation pen. "Mars Crystal Power! Make-Up!"

"Mercury Crystal Power! Make-Up!"

"Jupiter Crystal Power! Make-Up!"

"Venus Crystal Power! Make-Up!"

"Who are you," Naru demanded to know, while Usagi's eyes went wide with shock and completely flat.

"I don't think I need to bother giving my name to lesser life forms," chuckled the woman, closing her fist and making the flame disappear. "I will take your passion! Take this!" She sent out a heart shaped beam of white light towards Naru. Naru threw her hands up, unable to defend herself from the oncoming attack as she screamed.

"Submarine Reflection!" The attack was reflected, sent off into the trees.

"World Shaking!" A yellow ball that looked like a planet was sent right at the creature. It hit her dead on, but she didn't even move, just smirking in the direction of the attacks. Naru and Usagi both slowly turned, looking to see two Sailor Guardians, standing not far as flower petals started flowing towards them.

"Protected by the planet that embodies the deity of the heavens, I am the Sailor Guardian of the Wind, Sailor Uranus!" Sailor Uranus gave a serious glare to the creature.

"Protect by the planet that embodies the deity of the seas, I am the Sailor Guardian of the Deep Ocean, Sailor Uranus!" Sailor Neptune gave the monster a smirk, holding her mirror close. She turned towards Naru and smiled. "You should take your boyfriend to safety. We'll protect your friend. Get him to a hospital."

"Okay," stuttered Naru, going over to the now pale Umino. "Oh Umino, you brave, reckless idiot." She teared up as she helped him up.

"You're not getting away Love Dove," said the creature, sending out another blast. Sailor Neptune jumped in the way, holding her mirror to reflect the attack.

"Hurry," she ordered to Naru. Naru managed to hold Umino up, holding his arm over her other shoulder to support him as they made their escape.

"Usagi," said Sailor Uranus as she went over to her, a worried look on her face, "are you alright?"

"I just wanted to be a little normal," said Usagi, looking away from her. "I know I can't be normal. I know that I'll never be normal, but I thought that maybe, just maybe I could be for a little bit. It felt so amazing, talking Naru like I used to before I was a Sailor Guardian, but it seems I can't even have that."

"We didn't want to involve you in this," said Sailor Neptune. "We were hoping that we could solve this without getting you involved." She held up her arms, readying her attack. "Deep Submerge!" She sent the attack at the creature, but once again she didn't budge. "How are my attacks not even affecting her?!"

"Because I'm stronger than anything you can ever do," laughed out the creature. "Unfortunately, I'm not sure if I'm capable for extracting the passions of any of you aside from that girl, but you're in my way, so I'll just have to kill you."

"You won't kill us that easily," growled out Uranus, stepping in front of Usagi. "You don't have to fight. Go, we'll take care of her on our own. You deserve your own small slice of normal."

"I can't," said Usagi, shaking her head as she teared up. "You guys can't beat her, neither of your attacks work!" She stood up, pulling her broach out of her pocket. "Just because I want normal so bad doesn't mean I'm gonna let you guys fight alone! Moon Eternal! Make-Up!"

"Nothing any of you can do will be able to beat me," said the creature as Sailor Moon transformed. "Try as you might, I'm too powerful for you."

"Oh really," asked Sailor Moon. "I am the Pretty Guardian who fights for Love and Justice, Sailor Moon!" She did her classic pose, pointing at the villain. "In the name of the Moon, I'll punish you!" She held out her Eternal Tiare, which had repaired itself once she had freed Sailor Galaxia of Chaos. "Silver Moon Crystal Power Kiss!" The feathers started rushing at her, and yet nothing managed to make her budge.

"Nothing will affect me," said the creature. "Are you all done? Will you accept your fate and let me kill you now?"

"No way," said Sailor Moon, her eyes dilating in shock. "The Eternal Tiare, it didn't work?"

"Die!" The creature's hand charged up with energy, but crescents of orange wind stopped her.

"Stop right there," said someone in the trees. The four of them turned and saw nine girls in the trees, standing together. "How dare you attack the Guardians that lovingly protect this world with their very lives? We, our own kind of Sailor Guardian, cannot stand for this!" One of the girls stepped forward, a girl with green eyes and green hair, tied up in a ponytail with a blue bow. She didn't wear a tiara, but she did have a shining, golden star mark on her forehead. She wore a sailor suit that showed her as a Sailor Guardian. Her collar was green with three golden stripes. She wore a green choker with an intricate golden pendant. Her bow was yellow, large with flowing tails. Her broach was a golden star with a green star shaped gem in the middle. Her skirt was white, fading into blue, then green, then yellow. Her gloves were fingerless and white, going up to her mid upper arm with a green hem. Her shoes were blue heels, with blue ribbons wrapping up her legs to her knees, golden stars right where the ribbons crossed over each other. She glared at the creature, anger evident on her face. "I am the Pretty Guardian who fights for Love and Bravery! I am Sailor Leo!" She pointed at the creature accusingly. "In the name of the stars, I'll punish you!"

"I am the Guardian of Gales and Balance, Sailor Libra!" Out stepped a girl with short orange hair and brown eyes. She wore a tiara made of beads with a star at the center that had a smaller orange star shaped jewel in it. Her sailor suit had a two striped orange collar and lime green bow. She had a star shaped orange broach on her bow, and a matching orange skirt. She had an orange star shaped gem underneath her navel, where her sailor suit met her skirt, and from that jewel were ribbons that wrapped on top of the middle pleat of her skirt. Her gloves were the same as Sailor Leo's, but with an orange flair. She wore white leggings that shimmered with orange, and black heels. "In the name of Libra, I'll settle your fate!"

"I am Sailor Pisces, the Guardian of Waves and Change!" Another girl stepped forward, with gray hair hair and blue eyes. Her hair was a little lower than shoulder length, and her long fringe was pinned to the left side of her head with a star shaped pin with a gray jewel inside of it, her outfit following the same basic pattern as the other girls, Her collar had a single white stripe among gray, with a tan bow. She wore gray boots with the top being sharp and pointed, with a tan accent on the boot. "In the name of Pisces, I'll change your victory into defeat!"

"I am Sailor Virgo, the Guardian of Earth and Purity!" On the other side of Sailor Leo was a dark skinned girl with incredibly kinky yellow hair pulled back into a loose ponytail and matching eyes. Her tiara was made like Libra's, but with a yellow jewel. Her collar was three striped and yellow, with a light orange bow on the front and a star shaped yellow broach. Her gloves followed the same pattern as the other two, but with yellow. Her skirt was yellow with a similar star and ribbon pattern to Libra, with orange leg warmers underneath and yellow flats. "In the name of Virgo, I'll make you repent!"

"Sailor Aries," said another girl, stepping forward, arms crossed over her chest as she glared at the enemy. She had pink hair in twin braids on either side of her head, and brown eyes. Her uniform had two stripes on a pink collar, with a blue bow, her skirt matching her collar and having the same pattern as the other Sailors. She wore laced black boots with pink laces that only halfway up her calf, with fur lining inside that poked out on the top. "As the Guardian of Fire and Victory, I'll show you who's the real winner here!"

"We are the Twins of the Zodiac, Sailors Castor and Pollux!" Two girls stepped forward, the gold and silver inverse of each other. One had golden hair with a braid on the right and a mole under the left eye, while the other had silver hair, with her braid on the left and her mole under her right eye. Their collars were both dual striped, and they both wore short boots that matched their own colors. They were holding each other's hands, pointing at their enemy.

"I am Sailor Castor," said the one with silver hair.

"I am Sailor Pollux," said the one with the golden hair.

"We are the Sailor Guardians of Storm and Duality," they said together. "On behalf of the Twins, we're going to blow you away with our unity!"

"I am the Sailor Guardian of Water and Protection, Sailor Cancer!" The girl who stepped forward had snow white hair shoulder length hair and violet eyes. Her collar was white with three black stripes, with a black bow and a matching black skirt. She wore black lace up boots with gray laces, and unlike the other guardians she had only elbow length gloves. "By the stars of Cancer, I'll make you regret what you've done!"

"Guarded by the stars of Land and Strength, I am Sailor Taurus!" The last girl stepped forward, a very tall girl with red hair and green eyes, with her hair pulled back and put into a braid that wrapped up in the back of her head. She was incredibly muscular, in a way that the other girls had never seen on another girl before. She had a red collar with one stripe, a black bow, and a pair of loose black boots. "On behalf of Taurus, I'm gonna knock you out!"

"We are the Zodiac Sailor Team," said Sailor Leo, walking forward and holding out her hand. In a flash of light, a long wand appeared in her hand. The top of it was made of a circle of stars, with beads of gold connecting to an inner circle that held a crystal shining with all different kinds of colors. "Shining from a new Era, we, the Sailor Guardians who revere the Stars, are here to defeat you with the power of Starlight!"

"No way," said Sailor Uranus, her eyes dilating with shock as she stared at them. "How did they get past us and into our solar system?"

"Sailor Leo," repeated Sailor Moon, "a different kind of Sailor Guardian?"

Song Of Hope: I'm glad I finally got a chance to flesh this opening episode out! I hope you guys enjoy the rest of the story!