Hi everybody! Long time I haven't uploaded something on ff.

I was cleaning my account (I deleted the trainwreck that was my poor attempt at a Pretty Cure All Stars story and some pointless one shots) and I decided to resubmit a rewrite of the first fic I published here. I think the old name was "Lover of Serenity" or something.

Anyway, the main differences from this version and the last is that: My english is now about ten times better, I wrote Mimete out because she clearly didn't fit in the story, I made a little unimportant Villain of The Week (Emesh) to replace her, I based myself more on the manga since I didn't like how I just threw all those elements from 3/4 different continuities in a single story the first time I wrote it, and the chapters shouldn't take ten months to write this time, so I'll be going with posting one every few days!

Here you go, I hope you'll enjoy! I'm aware the story is a bit cliché as hell, but I think that's what I liked when I wrote it in the first place.

A girl was in pain.

Usagi held in her hands the mask behind which the man she loved hid his face.

It was blood stained.

Usagi wanted to scream. She couldn't believe it.

Mamoru couldn't do that to her! He couldn't die now! Tears rolled down her cheeks. Her lover will never be able to live long enough to know the Crystal Tokyo their destiny was to build ?

Usagi couldn't take it anymore. How could she believe something so horrible happened?

Yet, the blade of the enemy was indeed piercing the chest of her loved one.

Was it the end of all her dreams?

Everything started two days ago, in the municipal museum of Juuban. It was around 3 in the morning. The building should have been deserted. Yet, a man was still inside. Hiding behind a greek-style column. Black glasses on his face even if it was still night time. Wearing a rather heavy and warm-looking coat. He had messy brown hair. If you looked at him, you would believe he was just a tourist who got lost in the museum and was too shy to seek help. However, that wasn't the case at all. The man looked at his own arm and stared longly at a large burnmark engraved on it. He sighed. The girl with the black hair who did this to him was going to pay... her and all her friends.

A few weeks ago, he tried multiple times to take control of Tokyo and its inhabitants. He used multiple clay monsters, that he called Haniwas, but his plans were every times ruined by a group of five girls, fighting in the name of Love and Justice. And this burnmark was the proof of his lastest failure.

He walked around the museum. He was looking for only one thing. An urn. However, finding it was harder than it looked. The thing was hidden somewhere in the museum. And finding an urn in an exposition made of almost nothing but jars, antic bottles, amphoras, pots, and other pottery works was like trying to search for a needle in a haysack. Hard but not impossible. The man continued his way in the building. Contemplating his burnmark from times to times. It was still hurting.

'Damn those brats...' He muttered, grinding his teeth. "Just you wait until I find it...'

After long minutes of research, he eventually found what he was looking for. A big red urn adorned with a golden star-shaped lock. Six symbols drawn on it: The mirror of Aphrodite. The spear of Ares. The Caduceus of Hermes. The Thunder of Zeus, and ultimately, a crescent moon as well as a globe with a cross in it. Symbols of the inner planets and their ruler: Venus, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Earth, and the moon. He grinned. It really was the real thing. He took it in his hands when a voice called for him.

'Hey, what are you up to? What are you doing here?'

He turned around. It was the museum's guardian.

'Don't get in my way.' He said, still smiling.

Ignoring the warning, the guardian slowly walked in his direction.

'Get down. Hands on the floor!' The guardian yelled.

'My... My... You didn't have to ask.' The man got on his knees and put his hands on the floor, as requested. He then stared at his captor, and said:

'Seismic Collapse'

The floor below the guardian crackled, and then exploded, sending the poor guy flying across the room, hitting several pots before piercing a wall. He stopped moving.

'Maybe I went a bit too hard on this one... Well, no matter. This town, and soon all of Japan will be under my control, Emesh's control...' He looked at the pot he was holding, and finally shoved it in a handbag. "Emesh", if that was his name, then continued his way. He was going to exit by the front door. He heard another voice behind him.

'Hey, you, what are you doing here?'

Emesh turned around. It was another guard.

'I'm nobody suspicious, really. I just got lost here, but I'm going away! Forgive me for the inconvenience.'

'As if! You're too suspicious!' The guard then looked around the room and spotted his uncounscious colleague lying on the floor. He slowly moved his hand toward his belt, reaching for his phone.

'My... My...' The thief knelt and touched the floor below him. 'Seismic Lock'

The floor below the new guard crackled again, before warping itself around his arms, incapaciting him. The guard fell down. His limbs blocked. Emesh laughed and continued his way. This is when he felt a presence. The presence of somebody of the same nature as those girls. He turned around and saw two tall silhouettes in front of him. He couldn't really tell in the dark, but he was sure they were women.

'Who are you?'

The first woman spoke. A virile yet feminine blonde, a ring hanging from her ear. 'Guided by a New Era, Sailor Uranus act with grace!'

The second woman, slightly shorter, with similar clothing, and a much more refined appearance, continued the speech where her partner left it.

'Guided by a new era, Sailor Neptune act with elegance!'

'You're Sailor Senshis, aren't you?' Emesh clenched his fist. He was used to have those Soldiers get in his way... But Uranus and Neptune? Those two never showed up against him. The man backed up a little from his enemies and put his hands on a wall.

'Seismic Collapse!'

A circular crack appeared on the nearest wall to both soldiers. It exploded, sending shards of bricks flying. However, Sailor Neptune immediately reacted. She raised her hand toward the crack, and without even turning her head said:

'Deep Submerge.'

A blue sphere compltely negated Emesh's attack. Sailor Uranus called forth her weapon: A jewel-adorned sword. She dashed toward him and swinged the glaive forward.

'Space Sword Blaster!'

The sword emited a beam that crashed itself inches away from its target. Emesh avoided the attack and fought back. He got down. His hands on the floor, he looked at his enemies and called:

'Seismic Trench'

A breach opened itself in the floor, spreading toward the women, bringing along a destructive wave.

'Let's fight with your element then.' Uranus smiled and raised her hand toward the ceiling, gathering energy from the sky.

'World Shaking!'

Another breach opened itself as a sphere of Uranus's energy split the floor open. Both attacks collided. Every signs that Emesh's spell was still working faded almost immediately, much to his surprise. He was hit by the attack and got thrown on the opposite wall. He heard something cracking on his back... Quickly taking the bag off him, he looked inside. Ashes and broken pottery. That all what he had left of the treasure he spent the night stealing.

He grunted loudly, and yelled something at Uranus and Neptune before he ran away. He ran away, and activated the museum's alarm as he passed by it. The lights went on and the emergency bell started to ring. Uranus was ready to run after him. But Neptune stopped her.

'Haruka, leave him be. Even though Ami asked us to use my mirror to prevent him from harming anybody else, we have to run! Whatever he was doing failed anyway.'

'Michiru...'

The two soldiers ran for a few minutes before finding an exit. They then hid in a narrow street. Uranus untransformed and became Haruka Tenoh once again. Neptune sat on a trash can, she needed to regain her breath. And she had a weird feeling. It was like something powerful appeared nearby. What was this peak of energy she was feeling...?

'Michiru?'

'Say, Haruka...?'

Sailor Neptune's body glowed for a few seconds, and she regained her civilian appearance. Michiru Kaioh.

'What if whatever broke in this man's bag was some kind of seal for a demon?'

'A seal?'

'Yeah... I felt a weird dark energy from whatever it was...'

'Hey, cheer up!' Haruka passed her hand through Michiru's hair.

'Haruka...'

'Even if we did unleash a monster, I'm sure we'll manage to get rid of it, won't we? You shouldn't bother yourself thinking about ridiculous scenarios like that.' Michiru giggled. Haruka took her partner in her arms.

'Sure. Nothing will take us down.'