A/N: Takes place after Sailor Moon SuperS: The Movie; Two members of the Dark Kingdom have survived its destruction and are finally emerging in order to take over the Earth. Not only are there new enemies making themselves known, but also new Senshi are coming about with unknown intentions. They also seem much more powerful than the Sailor Senshi, which makes them suspicious of one another. Can they join forces and defeat these new enemies or will they end up fighting with each other?

Drifting Darkness

By Sailor Onyx Pluto

Chapter One – A Presence From the Dark

"Oh no, I can't believe I'm late again! Rei's gonna kick my ass for this one!" Tsukino Usagi dashed downstairs from her room, out the front door and on her way to Hikawa Shrine. Sitting up on the roof of Usagi's house was Luna, her black guardian cat. A white cat was sitting next to her, and was none other than Sailor Venus' guardian, Artemis.

"If she's not running from the enemy or late for school, she's running to the shrine full tilt." Artemis said.

"I wonder if she even realizes that they're not meeting at Rei's today." Luna smirked. However, her smile quickly died away as a thought crossed her mind. "I can sense a new evil about to reveal itself. Should we tell the Sailor Senshi?"

Artemis shook his head. "We should let them be. They seem pretty happy being normal girls."

"I suppose you're right."

"Oh please don't let her yell at me this time," Usagi pleaded as she continued to run down the street. She wasn't watching where she was going and bumped into her friend, Mizuno Ami. Ami was jolted out of her thoughts as her blond friend slammed into her. "Hi Ami! Gotta run or I'll be… Wait a minute," she skidded to a stop, kicking up a small dust cloud. "How come you're not at the shrine already?" Ami shook her head at her friend's total blonde attitude.

"We're not meeting at the shrine since there hasn't been any recent activity from the any enemies," the blue-haired genius relayed. "As far as I know, Rei's out shopping with Setsuna to help her pick put some fabric for a dress she's making for one of her design classes." Usagi walked back to where Ami was standing and asked,

"Well, since we're not having a Senshi meeting, you wanna go do something? I think I've still got some of my allowance leftover. We could go do some shopping!" Her blue eyes lit up excitedly with the thought of hitting the mall. Ami smiled at seeing her long-time friend so happy-go-lucky and replied,

"Sure. I could use some new books for the summer anyway." Usagi sweatdropped as they made their way to the shopping district, which was already somewhat crowded with people.

"Ami-chan, remind me one of these days to find you a boyfriend. You read and study way too much."

"And it wouldn't hurt you to study a little more to help you get in the best high school classes, Usagi-chan." The blue-haired Senshi chuckled at her friend's face at her suggestion. She clapped a light hand on her shoulder, "Don't worry, Usagi. Studying isn't that bad." The blond rolled her eyes playfully.

"Easy for you to say. You have the brains to back it up."

Unbeknownst to Usagi and Ami, Makoto and Minako were already inside one of the many stores that lined the Juban Shopping District, specifically a slightly less expensive jewelry store. The tall brunette sighed loudly as the idol-chasing blond tried on yet another necklace. This one was laced with diamonds and blue sapphires on a gold woven chain.

"Mina-chan, you've tried on almost every single necklace in this place and we've been here for three hours!" Makoto exclaimed, causing some of the other shoppers to look in their direction. She just ignored their stares and crossed her arms over her chest since her friend seemed to be more interested in admiring her adorned neck in the mirror than listening to her. "Are you listening to me!" she yelled, finally catching the other's attention.

"Sorry, Mako-chan, did you say something?" Makoto growled like a bear and rolled her eyes, which only caused Minako to give her a questioning look. She really could be a total ditz sometimes.

"If you'd been paying attention, you'd realized that we've been in here for three hours and you still haven't bought anything. I was wondering how much longer you were going to take before I just left you here." A light seemed to go on behind the other's eyes and she hung her head slightly. This action caused Makoto to ease up a bit and put on a more relaxed face.

"I'm sorry, Mako-chan. I didn't realize how long I'd been taking, but I was just trying to have a little fun now that we finally have some freedom."

"I know what you mean. Just don't take too much liberty with that. You never know what could happen around here." That seemed to make Minako happy again as she took the necklace off to pay for it, and the cashier placed it in a lovely black box with the store's name on it glided in gold. The two friends then exited the store to find their next stop in their day of shopping.

"Dark Power Energy Blast!" Dark power shot out of the sky at a creature that had the height and features of a dragon, but it wasn't necessarily bright. The blast of energy smacked it dead-on in the large neck, sending it to the ground. Thankfully, the street was one of the deserted ones, but that didn't stop a shockwave from expanding outward about ten kilometers due to the creature's size. The shockwave was enough to make the ground shake like an earthquake that traveled to the shopping district and caused all the pedestrians to scatter at once. Usagi and Ami, however, had enough sense to avoid the panicking masses and also knew enough that this earthquake was not a natural occurrence.

"I was hoping we'd have a chance to relax, but that's one of the benefits of saving the world. Moon Crisis, make-up!" Usagi held her brooch in the air and turned into Super Sailor Moon.

"Life would be boring otherwise. Mercury Star Power, make-up!" Ami became Super Sailor Mercury and immediately pulled out her mini supercomputer to figure out the disaster's source. After about a minute, she put the device away. "Look like we've got a youma attack and something else, but I can't quite tell what, about five kilometers in that direction." She pointed to the west of where they currently were and darted off across the rooftops. At that same moment, Makoto and Minako had also hidden from the running people to transform.

"Just like old times again, eh Mina-chan? Jupiter Star Power, make-up!" Makoto spun her henshin wand and quickly changed into Super Sailor Jupiter.

"Amen to that, Mako-chan. Venus Star Power, make-up!" Following suit, Minako transformed into Super Sailor Venus and they both took off to the west side of the shopping district unaware that Moon and Mercury were already on their way.

"I don't think I've ever seen a youma that ugly before," Sailor Moon commented when she saw the creature slowly trying to maneuver itself off the broken concrete.

"I'd have to agree with you there, Sailor Moon. Give me a moment and I'll scan him for weaknesses." Super Sailor Mercury activated her visor and minicomputer to find the creature's weaknesses, but before she could finish, it suddenly jumped towards them.

"Oh no you don't! Eternal Darkness Planet Plunge!" A planet shape of dark energy sped toward the monster and hit it full force in the back of the head. It froze in midair for a second then exploded in a shower of black blood and body parts. The two Senshi on the ground ran for cover, but ended up getting splashed by the liquid.

"Yuck! I hope this stuff washes out." Sailor Moon exclaimed, examining the stuff in her hair. Sailor Mercury was occupied with something else.

"Who's that?" She pointed to the black-clad figure that seemed to be hovering in the sky. Before she could voice her question, another voice broke in.

"Who are you?" shouted a Super Sailor Jupiter. Her voice was unmistakable. Moon and Mercury turned to see her standing with Super Sailor Venus, and both of them were standing in combat-ready positions. The woman floating in the air, dressed as a Senshi, waved away Jupiter's question as if it didn't matter to her.

"That is none of your concern right now, Senshi of Earth. The time will come when you will know who I am, but not now. We will meet again. Farewell." The mysterious Sailor Scout disappeared in a black flash, along with the youma's remains.

"Who was that?" Venus questioned.

"I don't know, but let's go find Luna and Artemis. Maybe they can explain this." Mercury replied. The rest of the Senshi nodded and they left the area.