Author's Note: Update September 7, 2009: I've decided to do a bit of a re-write. This story originally used the dubbed names but I can't possibly write with those anymore. The chapters have been re-written, only a little. Just some minor editing and such. I'll leave my original 16 year-old self's ideas. Please enjoy this story. I would like to finish it.

Hey everybody! -waves frantically and reads note cards- I highly apologize for not finishing The Forgotten Innocence. Um, I ran out of ideas after the food fight..hahaha whoops. I'll try to think about that one but it's probably on indefinite hiatus..as far as Completely Indescribable goes, I am going to continue that one as soon as possible. But here is my new fic, it took me a long while to think about this one so I hope you like it.

Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon or any of its themes, characters, concepts or etc.

When Reality Isn't Destiny
Chapter 1

The full moon illuminated against the dark blanket of sky. The stars sparkled, as if tiny bursts of glitter. Peaceful silence rendered the air. She stood on the balcony in her serene white dress. She stood in the same place she met him every night. The cool midnight breeze danced against her blonde locks. He knew her. They were there for a reason. He'd never know the reason if he continued to watch her from afar. If he didn't pursue this beauty before him, he would never know. It was obvious she was important to him. The way his heart fluttered watching her in their secret place told him so. What was her name? Where did she come from? Why were they there? She turned around and her gaze fell upon him. Her ocean blue eyes shined in the light of moon. She whispered his name, "Mamoru."

"Mamoru. Mamoru, wake up." His eyes fluttered open staring into a pair of beaming dark eyes. He smiled nervously, shaking off the dream he had every night for the past 6 months. The six months he had been with Rei, his future fiancée. He loved Rei with everything he had. She was there for him throughout his trials and hardships. She was his only serious girlfriend. She took him away from his playboy status and showed him that there was so much more to life. "If you slept any later, you would be late. Must be some kinds of dream you're having."

"You could say that." Mamoru mumbled as he sat up in bed. He looked over at Rei who was now standing near the door, wearing a black tank top and her red boxer shorts. He could tell she hadn't been up long herself. She still wore sleep in her eyes. Her long raven hair was sloppily pulled into a ponytail. He loved taking in her beauty. She was unlike any other girl he encountered. Her beauty was unique, enchanting, dark, and exotic.

"Sleepyhead, are you just going to lie there or are you actually planning on going to your classes?" Rei asked putting a hand on her hip. Mamoru smiled once more.

"Eh, who needs school when I can sit around here and stare at you all day?" Mamoru asked laying back down. Rei felt her cheeks fill with color.

"Listen Rico Suave, just get ready so you won't be late again. You've been late ten times already this semester." Rei started, reminding him how his mother would scold him every morning in elementary school. He zoned off thinking of the past while Rei continued on with her lecture. "Do you hear me, Mamoru?"

"Of course I'm listening babe. I won't be late, I promise." Mamoru said rolling out of bed. Rei smiled as if she had become victorious over the world and walked out of their bedroom. Mamoru flopped back on the bed, recalling the dream. What did it mean and who was she? Why was she always in his head? He loved Rei. Why was he constantly dreaming of this girl?

Mamoru looked down at his watch. 8:00. His first class was well on its way. Late again. Rei's gonna kill me. His mind wondered off while he looked down into his messenger bag. Introduction to Advanced European Literature. Did he really need that course anyway? College was hard enough with the essential courses. He didn't see himself traveling to Europe anytime soon. If he did go, he wouldn't be spending his time reading books. He sighed. He still needed all of his course hours he could find. He wanted to get out of college as fast as possible. Mamoru continued his normal walk to Juuban University. He slowed his pace, taking in as much as possible before being held up in class. The young man looked up at the clouds, placing his hands on the back of his head. He could only imagine the lecture Rei would give him when he got home. Before he could plan his retaliations, he was knocked down onto the sidewalk. "Oh crap, um, hey you, are you okay?" a nearly familiar voice asked him.

"Rei?" Mamoru asked, rubbing his sore head before opening his eyes.

"Rei? Who in the heck is Rei? Are you okay?" the voice asked him again. Mamoru fluttered his eyes open to find himself looking into the clearest pair of blue eyes he had ever seen.

"You're definitely not Rei." Mamoru stated as the person helped him stand up. Mamoru blinked a couple of times to get his eyes back into focus. There he was looking at a small petite blonde who was dressed in the Juuban High School uniform, looking at him as if he were some kind of alien.

"Look, I'm really late and not from around here. I'm going to go since you're okay and everything." The girl stated as she grabbed her backpack and books that had fallen when she hit Mamoru.

"Wait, wait, I think I know you. I've seen you somewhere before." Mamoru said inspecting the girl.

"Well, I've never seen you in my life. You know, I'm already late. I really, really have to go." The girl said as she started to walk off.

"Wait!" Mamoru called after her but it was too late. The girl was already too far away to hear him. He had to find out what was her name. He knew that girl from somewhere but where?

The bell rang announcing the end of classes for the day. 16-year old Usagi Tsukino found herself sitting outside of Juuban High School holding her bag in her lap. It was a long first day of school. She didn't expect for everything in the city to move so fast. She hadn't made any friends yet. She was starting to feel lonely. The only person that had actually noticed she existed was that crazy boy she ran into on the street earlier that morning. He swore he knew her, but she had never seen him in her life. He just made her late for class. She brushed off her lap as she stood, preparing for the walk home. Before she could even move, some boy ran by and snatched her bag. "Hey!" Usagi called as the boy with the ruffled hair stood behind her holding her bag.

"Oh you want this back? Well that's too bad. You should've stayed where you came from. Juuban doesn't need anymore stuck-up brats like you." The boy taunted. Usagi found tears forming in her eyes. She hadn't seen him a day in her life and he was already teasing her. Nothing like this happened to her back home. She never got called stuck-up.

"All I want is my bag back, okay? Just give it back so I can go." Usagi said crossing her arms, fighting back tears with the best she had. The boy laughed as a couple more of his friends came around, tossing the bag back and forth between them. Usagi considered the fight hopeless and started to walk away. She would never get her bag back at that rate.

"Tai! Guys! Cut it out! Just hand me the bag and get out of here before I call Professor Aihara on all of you and you'll have detention for a week!" A voice yelled. Usagi turned to look back to see a tall brunette holding Usagi's bag and shooing off the group of wild boys. The girl was also wearing a Juuban uniform and had her long brown hair pulled back into a ponytail. "Sorry about that. All Juuban boys are jerks. They just think you're cute and were trying to get your attention." The girl smiled, handing Usagi the bag.

"Thank you so much. You didn't have to do that for me." Usagi said.

"It's no problem. I do it all of the time. So you must be the new girl?" the tall girl asked.

"Yeah, my name is Usagi Tsukino." Usagi said holding out her hand.

"Name's Makoto Kino." The girl said shaking Usagi's hand. "Now if anybody messes with you again, just call me. I'll have them running home for their mothers." Usagi laughed at that last comment.

"Trust me, I will. Well, I'd better be heading home. It's a while away to walk." Usagi started.

"Home? Hmm, well how about I walk with you and then we can stop by the arcade so you can meet some new friends. You can't live in Juuban forever and not know anyone, Usagi. We'll keep bothering you until you like us." Makoto joked. Usagi smiled.

"I'd like that." she stated.

"Great, let's go then!" Makoto said, swinging her arm around Usagi's as they walked off.

Mamoru looked down at his watch. It was a quarter after four. Rei wasn't off of work until five. He considered this a grand opportunity to stop by and bother Motoki. Motoki was his best friend since they were in diapers. They always attended the same school until this year when Motoki did part-time classes at Juuban University to work full-time at his arcade. The Crown Arcade and Fruit Bar was one of the largest teen hangouts in the city. Mamoru could remember the days in high school when he and Motoki would be at the arcade into the early morning hours playing video games and making up names to put in the high score boxes. All of that changed when he met Rei. He spent less time with Motoki and she made him buckle down. He actually paid attention in some of his classes. Motoki would never let him rest if he knew that.

Mamoru walked into the arcade, carrying his books and smiling from ear to ear when he saw Motoki serving chocolate milkshakes to a couple of girls at the counter. "Well, seems like Motoki hasn't changed. He still thinks he's a playboy. Shame on you, those are high school girls." Mamoru stated as he took his normal seat. Motoki looked up and saw his friend and smiled.

"Aren't you a sight for sore eyes? Mr. Chiba can make enough time to see his friends now. I thought I had to make an appointment with Rei." Motoki joked as he moved over to see Mamoru. Mamoru ruffled Motoki's blonde hair.

"Ha, very funny." Mamoru said as he rolled his eyes. He knew Motoki was never a big fan of Rei from the beginning but he did the best he could to keep them away from each other.

"So what brings you here today? A free double fudge sundae?" Motoki asked handing Mamoru a bowl filled with fudge covered ice cream.

"Oh you really love me." Mamoru said batting his eyelashes.

"Cut it out, Mamoru. People will talk." Motoki said pushing his friend away from the counter. Mamoru laughed and dug his spoon into the bowl. "But seriously though, man, I haven't seen you in ages. I was starting to think you and Rei had actually gotten married or something."

"Oh don't get ahead of yourself." Mamoru said with a mouthful of ice cream. "Besides, you haven't stopped by my apartment either you know." Motoki looked at his friend, and Mamoru instantly knew the reason why. Motoki would never like Rei. Motoki heard the door to the arcade open and he saw one of his favorite customers, doing her regular job by bringing in more customers.

"Makoto! Hey!" Motoki called to her, waving. Mamoru looked over to see a tall brunette waving frantically at Motoki and one very familiar friend of hers standing in her shadow observing her surroundings. Mamoru kept his lips sealed, pretending to be more interested in his sundae. The girl probably thought he was a wild man by now, grabbing young girls off of the street and prying on them after he snatched them up. Motoki interrupted Mamoru's thoughts when he asked Makoto and her friend to sit with him and Mamoru. Mamoru overheard Makoto telling the girl that Motoki had been her buddy since she was in Junior High. She went on to talk about how he spent the summer at the same cabins that she and her family did. Before Mamoru could even imagine why Motoki never told him about this girl, she was sitting right next to him and her friend on the other side of her. He turned his back to them, pretending that his sundae was the best thing in the world so the girl wouldn't notice him.

"Hey Toki, seems that you're plenty busy today." Makoto told him leaning over the counter.

"Tell me about it, thanks to you Miss Kino. You need to watch it. If you make any more friends, you'll be working full time serving to them." Motoki joked and Makoto playfully hit him on the arm.

"Oh, oh, oh, how could I forget, Motoki this is my friend, Usagi. She's new in town." Makoto said introducing them to each other. Motoki shook Usagi's hand. Mamoru chocked on his ice cream when Makoto mentioned her friend's name. Usagi. Why did that seem so familiar?

"Mamoru, you're not dying over there are ya, man?" Motoki asked concerned since his friend had been coughing for the past 2 minutes now. Mamoru finally got the lump of ice cream down his throat and turned to face his friend.

"I'm, um, fine. Just peachy." He nervously smiled, feeling even more embarrassed than before. He had to find a way to escape.

"Makoto, this is my best friend, Mamoru. Mamoru, this is Makoto and her new friend Usagi." Motoki said introducing Mamoru to the two Juuban High students.

"Nice to meet you." Makoto said shaking Mamoru's hand. Usagi stared at him for a while.

"Did I..." She started to ask him.

"Run into me this morning? Uh, ha, yeah. Sorry about the whole scene. I just thought I had known you from somewhere before." Mamoru said, nearly speaking his entire sentence at once.

"Oh, it's okay. Your name is Mamoru right?" Usagi asked. Mamoru nodded his head yes. "That does sound familiar. Who knows, maybe I caught what you had when I ran into you this morning." Motoki managed to snicker at her joke, knowing that Mamoru wasn't going to stand for that.

"I had a case of head in the clouds and not maniac running through the streets of Tokyo like you had." Mamoru stated.

"Maniac? You weren't even watching where you were going! I think you're the maniac!" Usagi yelled.

"Oh please, what are you? Like twelve?" Mamoru asked. Usagi stood up, her height basically supporting Mamoru's joke and walked up to him.

"I'm sixteen and I don't need any old hentai like you talking to me as if I'm a baby. I'm not the one snatching girls down on the street." Usagi said looking him square in the eye. Makoto and Motoki were hysterically laughing by then.

"Hey, hey, hey, you two, cut it out. Can't we all just get along?" Motoki asked, trying to hold in his laughter.

"NO!" Usagi and Mamoru yelled at the same time.

"Makoto, I'm off. I'll see you at school tomorrow and it was nice meeting you Motoki. I hope you pick better friends than this bozo." Usagi stated before taking her bag and leaving.

"Oh please, like any of your friends could be any better than me." Mamoru snorted in a conceited tone.

"Mamoru, you're in a war with a kid. Don't you think you're taking this a little too personally? I mean, you could lighten up on her, she just moved here." Motoki said handing Makoto a chocolate milkshake. Makoto thanked him and walked to the back with a group of her other friends at the Sailor V machine.

"Please, she started it. Besides, I have to be on my way, Rei will be home any minute now." Mamoru said grabbing his stuff and preparing to leave.

"Give her the same wishes from me that you gave to Usagi today." Motoki smiled. Mamoru rolled his eyes.

"Never in a million years. Later." He said before walking out.