A/N: So this is going to be a little a/u. Usagi will be more like the manga version so she will start out lazy and whiny but will mature into the role fairly quickly. She'll have some backslides but nothing like the original anime where she seemed to reset every season to a whiny brat. I have also made her Senshi mode a lot more useful since she won't have the other Senshi to soften the targets. She won't just be the 9th inning pitcher in this story.

**My stories are read best in 1/2nd or 3/4ths story width formatting. Option is right above if you've never used it before**

Chapter 1: Sailor Moon appears

Usagi looked out the window with a mournful sigh. Once again she had detention due to her tardiness and once again she was held long after the sun had set. She would be lucky to make it home before nine tonight but there was little she could do. If she skipped detention her mother would simply yell at her and then she'd be in detention for two nights.

The short blonde haired girl was currently lamenting her fate. She was the only one in detention other than her teacher. Objectively she didn't look like a trouble maker. Her blonde hair done up in an odd meatball style that allowed the hair to flow like ribbons. A rather cute heart shaped face that would one day make her a stunner and to finish it off silver blue eyes and a cute smile that revealed perfectly even white teeth. Yes she didn't appear to belong here at all but still she was here in a prison of her own making.

While most students would perhaps tackle their homework and attempt to get caught up, Usagi found herself hiding her Sailor V comic book in her text book. She was enamored…the girl who lived in France supposedly was a true super hero and supposedly fought actual monsters. Of course that was silly there was no way a girl with as many movie deals as Sailor V was an actual super hero. With a chuckle she turned her attention back to the page she was reading before a hand suddenly slammed down next to her.

"Erp." Usagi let out a strangled cry that was half surprise and half guilt at knowing that she was caught. She fearfully turned her head towards her teacher and just as expected her teacher was glaring at her with such ferocity she could have put two holes through her head.

"Sorry…"

"Usagi…" Her teacher sighed after a moment of holding the glare on the young girl.

"If you don't apply yourself, you'll never get anywhere in life. When will you learn this? No matter how much I punish you, I can't seem to get through to you." The older woman said with a sigh.

"I'm really trying!" Usagi responded automatically before looking down guiltily at her comic book in her text book.

"Er…most of the time..."

Mrs. Neece simply shook her head in defeat.

"You know when you first entered this school I was excited to have you. A girl that scored near perfect on her entrance exams! I thought I was in for a genius caliber student. You have the intelligence…you just don't have any drive to apply it. I just wish I could do something to motivate you to apply yourself."

"I'll try harder next time I swear!" Usagi responded indignantly.

"Usagi…that's the problem there is always a next time with you." Mrs. Neece responded her voice edged with annoyance. After a moment of consideration she decided holding Usagi here any longer was a fruitless endeavor.

"You're dismissed Usagi…please think about your future and where you are going with life."

"Alright…" Usagi responded tentatively. Of all her teachers she both feared and respected Mrs. Neece. The woman told Usagi like it was and normally didn't go into teacher mode of telling her students to do it because I said so. Mrs. Neece always presented reasonable arguments for her instructions and punishments. Of course that didn't mean she had to like or agree with them.

With little fanfare she packed her bag up and with a final good night she slipped out of the classroom. She decided to walk home since she had not expected to get out so early. Anyway if she took the bus she'd probably end up overshooting her stop as she was preoccupied with what Mrs. Neece had said.

Was she really setting herself up for some kind of failure? She honestly didn't think so. The way she saw it was that it was pointless to apply herself in High School and burn herself out. All she had to do was ace the entrance exams to university and she was good to go.

Still Mrs. Neece rarely gave her bad advice. She was so preoccupied with her thoughts that she found herself wandering into one of the local parks and sat down on a swing. If she had been paying attention perhaps she would have seen the danger. Instead the only warning she received was a growl.

One moment was on the swing and the next moment she realized she was on the ground and her stomach was hurting from the surprise blow. With a gasp of pain she managed to push herself up into a sitting position and just barely managed to keep herself from puking. She hesitantly looked up to see what had hit her.

Instead of finding a High School punk she found a giant monstrous creature standing over at her. It was vaguely humanoid in shape but that is where the similarities ended. First off it was green…yep not normal for a human at all. Then it was heavily muscled and its hands and feet were elongated and ended in sharp claws. If she somehow reasoned her way past those features the face did it. It was animalistic almost looking like a parody of humanity. Red bulging eyes that had no pupils, two large jutting horns, curved elfin ears, and an elongated muzzle like jaw that was full of sharp teeth.

The moment her brain finally recognized the danger she was in she backpedaled away from the thing by crawling like a crab and shrieking for help. Unfortunately no one was around to hear her.

When she gained enough distance she noticed the creature was just standing there. After a moment of indecision she hesitantly got to her feet and called out to the creature in a stammering and fearful voice.

"W…w..wh..what do you want?"

"Your energy." The creature growled. It had been drawn to the girl. Unlike most of the useless humans in this city that let out little power and their aura barely registered. The energy that this girl possessed radiated out of her in near limitless waves. Nephrite would surely reward one for draining such a victim. Even better it could leave her alive and use her like a rechargeable battery. With her power being harvested they could have enough power to raise Beryl from her weakened state in a matter of weeks rather than months or years at the current rate.

"M..my energy?" Usagi queried unsure if she had heard the creature right. Why would this creature want her energy? It looked like it was more likely to eat her. After a moment of indecision she decided she wasn't going to be anyone's food source.

"Well no way buster! I am no one's energy source!"

The creature chuckled darkly before raising its arm and pointed its fingers towards the girl.

"Your wisssshesss are not my concern." The finger tips started to glow with a dark purple energy and after a moment of build up five glowing laser like whips of energy suddenly extended from the end of its claws.

"Now Sssstand sssstill ssssso I may drain youuu." It gave her little more warning as it brought its arm back like a whip before lashing out at her intent on draining her completely before kidnapping her.

Right as the energy whip was about to reach her a glowing silver broadsword with a moon attached at the pommel suddenly appeared in front of Usagi. The sword started to spin in front of her and produced a transparent barrier that deflected the attack.

While most people wouldn't even think to grab a spinning sword, Usagi was not most people. The teen instinctively reached out and just grabbed the weapon's hilt. She stared at the blade almost surprised she could hold it. The weapon was at least four feet long just a foot shorter than her. The silver blade was double edged. The guard was an intricate flowing design that seemed to follow the moon theme. The edges of the guard also had mini moons in them. Finally the hilt was a beautiful blue and was long enough for a two handed grip.

The moment she had both hands on the hilt she felt a wave of energy take over and she started to glow.

"Whaaaat black magic isssss thissss." The Youma half hissed half growled in annoyance. Never had it encountered a human that could generate a barrier and carried a weapon of that kind. It stepped back and raised its hand to cover the sensitive eyes from any damage of the silver glow that was lighting up the entire park.

The light around her burst outwards and whereas prior she was wearing her normal school uniform she now wore an interesting combination of items. She wore a white leotard and a blue mini skirt along with knee high red boots. White gloves covered her hands and most of the way up her arm to her elbow. A silver tiara appeared on her head for a moment.

Then all of a sudden the outfit started to change and become armor. The shoulders of her leotard sprouted two blue metal pieces of armor that covered her shoulders and extended about five inches past where her shoulder ended but it didn't stop there. The metal armor spread across her chest and turned silver before stopping right under her chest. The mini skirt stayed to allow maximum mobility. Her boots turned a blue color as armor spread over the boots. Finally her gloves disappeared and in their place blue metal bracers appeared and covered her forearms.

The armor protected most of the vital areas while leaving her completely free mobility. Certainly more realistic if she was to fight with a sword than just a simple leotard, not that the mini skirt made much sense for fighting. Then again she was not in a position to complain or control what was happening to her. Her hair was the last part of the change and the meatball styled hair fell apart and straightened before a small metal band of silver appeared at the base of her neck to hold her long blonde hair behind her.

All in all when the change faded away she was an imposing sight…or would have been imposing if she didn't scream in surprise at the change. Usagi just stared dumb struck at the changes she could see not even wanting to know what she looked like. She craned her head this way and that before coming to the conclusion that she looked rather badass. Perhaps this wasn't so bad after all. With a confident smile she pointed the sword at the creature.

"Alright! Now I suggest you give up now! I don't know what the hell just happened but I am gonna kick your ass!"

The Youma just blinked at her before realizing that the girl was just as surprised as it was. It hissed darkly in a mocking chuckle.

"Sssssilly human…I will have your power yet…you cannot even wield that blade." It pointed out the fact she currently had the blade pointed towards its foot rather than in any real threatening position.

In the blink of an eye the creature faded from view and before Usagi had any chance to counter the creature reappeared behind her and with a swift back hand it sent her flying away and right into the jungle gym. Usagi hit with a terrible resounding gong as her armor reverberated with the metal of the jungle gym. The sword she had been holding flew out of her hands and landed several feet away from her.

Before she could recover the creature was on her again. Giant fists slamming into her stomach and armor indiscriminately causing her to gasp in the shock of the pain, Usagi fought the urge to scream in pain. She was a fairly nonviolent person and had never actually been in a fight before so even though she recognized something had happened to her and she wasn't feeling the impacts like she knew she should it was still enough to take her breathe away.

Every time she tried to counter or get up the creature just slammed her back into the ground or took her by the legs and threw her into a tree. At this point she felt bruises in places she never knew existed and was running low on energy to fight back. All she knew was that she was defenseless and this creature was knocking her around like a punching bag. If she could get to her sword she may have a chance but the creature wasn't letting her anywhere near it.

"Well hassss the fight been beaten out of you human?" The creature asked the rhetorical question before it let loose the energy draining whips from earlier.

"Any lasssst wordssss?"

"Ple..please just leave me alone." Usagi managed to get out through a half strangled sob. This was not what she wanted at all. At first she thought this armor thing was pretty cool. She looked like a bad ass version of Sailor V but now she just wanted to go home and pretend this never happened.

"No sssssuch luck, my master Nephrite shall reward me handsomely for finding a living battery." It chuckled darkly before bringing its energy whips down towards the beaten girl.

The energy draining whips were deflected though at the last minute with a whip made completely of fire.

The sudden intrusion caused both Usagi and Youma to look up in surprise. There standing half way across playground stood a man in a bright white uniform. It almost looked like an admiral's dress uniform. The entire outfit gleamed from the press and polish. The only thing that differentiated it was the red lining on the breast of the uniform that went around the neck and shoulder before ending in circles on the cuffs. The black shoes and shiny black button completed the ensemble.

The young man was of medium height and build fairly. He would fit in fairly easily if not for his distinguishing bright green eyes that appeared to be chips of jadeite and his tousled blonde hair. He had a handsome face with a roguish grin that revealed pearly white teeth.

"So you work for Nephrite eh? How has old prissy pants been?" Jadeite questioned rhetorically since he knew the creature wouldn't have a clue.

"But look how rude I've been not even introducing myself. I suppose prissy pants Nephrite can wait." Waving his hand in dismissal of the subject, Jadeite instead took a small bow and with a flourish he clapped his hands together before slowly opening them. In the middle energy started to swirl before it suddenly flared up in a wave of flames. When the fire died down a traditional black katana appeared that the Shitennou grabbed at the hilt.

"I am the Eastern Shitennou, Jadeite and the last remaining true Shitennou that seeks to free his fellow Shitennou from Beryl and find his King. I shall restore the balance and bring this Earth peace with my burning flames of purity. In the name of the Eastern fires that burn in my heart I shall ruin you!" To make his point he leveled the black blade at the creature, a devious grin crossing his face.

The creature backed away from Usagi suddenly unconcerned with the beaten little girl. This man he knew was a serious threat. The man had been ruining plans and attempting to isolate the Shitennou so that he could sway them from Beryl's control. Beryl had made it quite clear the price of failure to kill this swine would be. With a roar the monster charged the Shitennou with whips extending from both hands once more. It jumped forwards and brought all ten of the energy whips down on the man in front of him.

Jadeite chuckled softly as he parried the energy whips with his sword and a quick burst of fire from his free hand to burn the dark energy away.

"You'll have to do better than that! If Beryl's dark energy couldn't quell the fire of purity that roars in my veins what chance do you have of turning me? Now die you piece of shit." With a quick parry he made a downward slash and let a wave of flames surround the sword. The blade missed the Youma but the wave of fire continued and the creature just managed to get out of the way. The wave of fire faded out a few feet past and left the air with a slightly singed smell from burning ozone.

Meanwhile Usagi had managed to recover and half hobbled over to gather her sword up. It was odd but she could already feel the wounds fading away as if her body was using her energy to speed up the healing process. With a glance down at her stomach she confirmed it. Whereas before she could see the black and blue bruising already appearing through the white material the bruising was already going down. After she gathered herself again she could see that Jadeite was still fighting with the creature and currently having trouble landing a finishing blow.

Every time Jadeite had the creature it jumped out of the way or managed to parry. It was without a doubt that he had skill but the creature was built by Nephrite, the elder Shitennou did not have the finesse that Jadeite possessed but he did have pure power and a tactical mind. With that ability the older Shitennou had created Youma that were generally able to counter Jadeite with brutal power to push past his attacks.

This had been the main reason that he couldn't get anywhere. He had killed the first wave with little effort but now Nephrite was putting his own power into the creatures and he was usually lucky to fight them to a stalemate or wear them out until their energy reserves depleted.

Usagi raised her sword and was not particularly sure what she was going to do but she knew he needed help. A voice in the back of her head seemed to tell her what to do. She didn't question it since she didn't know what else to do and raised her large broad sword.

"Lunar Rush!" Her feet and sword started to glow silver with energy and she started running towards the weary Youma. She started to fade out of view and as she did she swung her sword through the Youma bisecting it in half just as she disappeared and reappeared a few feet from the Youma.

The Youma stood still for a moment before black blood sprayed out of the side as a long line slowly appeared around its entire middle. A moment later the entire upper half slid off the lower half and after a spray of black ichor like blood it disappeared in a cloud of dust.

Usagi just stared at where the monstrous creature once stood before looking down at her blade and then over to Jadeite stood mirroring her surprise. Finally Usagi couldn't stand the awkward silence between the two.

"Umm…hi…"

"Who are you?" Jadeite asked with a raised eyebrow. He decided that the girl in front of him looked a lot like Sailor V and seemed to have powers like Sailor V and if she killed a Youma she wasn't working for Beryl. With a flourish of his hands he pressed his Katana away into formless energy and made the katana disappear.

"Um…I'm Usagi…" She answered uncertainly. Really she had no clue what was going on.

"Look…I really have no idea what is going on…I got attacked and suddenly a sword appeared. Then!" She gestured to her crazy get up of armor and super short skirt. "I suddenly was in this."

"So…you're not a Sailor Senshi?" Jadeite asked a hint of disbelief in his tone.

"Because I've worked with Sailor V…and she has a similar get up. She is searching for her Princess or something...honestly I could never keep up with her. We split up since she was still getting a signal in France and I followed the signal of my King here."

"Wait! You mean you worked with Sailor V!" Usagi cried out in delight. Stars practically appeared in her eyes at the knowledge that this man personally knew her hero.

"How is she on the set? Is she as nice as she appears in the movies?"

"What? Set?" Jadeite had a puzzled look on his face before he realized she actually thought Sailor V was a movie star.

"Wait…wait...you literally just pulled a magic sword out of the air and are running around in a suit of armor and you still think Sailor V is an actress? After watching that Youma disintegrate into thin air and watched me create fire out of thin air as well?"

"Well isn't she?" Usagi asked with a hint of uncertainty in her voice. She was less concerned with the issues that Jadeite pointed out than her idol.

Jadeite rolled his eyes while muttering under his breath. "You've gotta be kidding me…I find the only person that can easily kill these Youma and she's a bigger airhead than Minako."

After a moment of deep breathing he plastered a smile on his face in an attempt to keep from strangling air head 2.0 as he now dubbed this girl. "So…you seriously have no clue who you are? No little white annoying cat that has abandonment issues following you around telling you what to do and who you are and complaining about every god damn thing under the sun?"

"White cat?" Usagi queried with a raised eyebrow.

"Sailor V had an annoying little fleabag of a cat that told her what the hell to do. He was probably the worst intelligence source ever so I'm kinda glad you don't have one of those." Jadeite sighed a little in relief over that. Perhaps Usagi wouldn't be that bad after all. That cat was half the reason he left France…that and Minako's mix and match proverbs. Seriously if he heard one more 'Fortune favors a free lunch' he would lose it.

"Never mind…anyway I think it'd be good if I helped you out a little."

"No…I've never seen a cat and what do you mean help me out?" Usagi responded with questioning tone. Suddenly she recognized where she had seen him before. It had been bothering her the whole time but she finally realized who this was…he was the new super-hot exchange student that had arrived at their school this week.

"Wait a second!" You're Jadeite Ashbell! The new exchange student from France! I knew I recognized you from somewhere!"

""Yes…yes…glad you were able to add that up." Jadeite muttered. If he were honest though he was a little impressed with the girl despite her seemingly inability to stay on point she was able to add things up rather quickly. A sour look passed his face for a moment upon remembering the fight he had with Minako regarding the same subject. He literally had to transform in front of her and then revert back to his civilian state for her to believe him.

"As I was saying though do you have some time…I fear this may take a while and I rather you know what you're getting yourself into."

"Get…myself into? You mean like fight? Again?" Usagi questioned.

"Of course…you can kill the Youma easily enough and I require your assistance in finding my King and saving my fellow Shitennou from Beryl." Jadeite stated as if he was speaking about the weather.

"Um…no…I don't…I gotta go!" Usagi cried out before she took advantage of her forms additional speed and ran out of the park.

"Wait!" Jadeite cried out in annoyance. He growled in annoyance upon seeing her disappear out of his sight range.

"Stupid girl! You're going to get yourself killed if you don't even know what you're fighting!" He called out after her. The Shitennou debated going after the idiot but she had given her name to him and she clearly went to the same school.

"Very well Usagi…run away while you can but I'll find you at school then you idiot girl." Jadeite commented to himself before casually walking out of the park and fading out of view.

There was no way she was going to get roped into this! Sailor V was awesome to read about and it seemed like fun but the real thing was not something she was prepared for! As she ran home she just wished this armor would go away before she got home! There was no way she could explain this to her mom. With a glance at one of the clocks she saw it was nearing nine…if she was late getting home her mother would ask questions.

Thankfully as she turned onto her street the armor suddenly disappeared and her it must have heard her wish for it to disappear. Her normal clothing reappeared with the addition of a silver chain necklace with an artfully designed sword attached to the end of the chain that appeared around her neck. The little sword appeared to be a miniature replica of her weapon.

"Usagi is that you?" Usagi's mom called out as the young girl barreled through the front door like a wrecking ball alerting everyone to her arrival.

"Not now Mom! I had a bad day at school and I need to finish up my homework sorry!" Without waiting to hear a response she disappeared up the stairs and into her bedroom before dumping her back pack and falling onto the bed.

She stared up at the ceiling and wondered why the fates hated her. Was it because she hadn't applied herself at school? Was this her punishment for coveting her Sailor V's power? If that was case she didn't want it anymore!

"It's not fair!" Usagi wailed into her pillow.

A/N: So here is where we end. Please read and review! Please excuse my terrible grammatical skills and feel free to point out any terrible mistakes.