Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon is copyright of Naoko Takeuchi, Toei, and Kodansha. Sailor Moon A
is copyright of J. B. No one is to take the likenesses, names, storylines, or other original details.
Rated PG-13.


Chapter One: The evil comes from the future? A new war developing!
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Rei Hino looked up from sweeping the temple grounds. Today seemed so peaceful. The sky was blue, a gentle, cool breeze was blowing, and school was out due to a power outage. So why did it feel as if something was wrong? Ever since the defeat of Chaos, all seemed perfect. They were normal again, herself and the rest. It seemed a much better life for a bunch of teenagers to live than to be fighting evil every day. There were no distractions, and no worries. They could just live the way they were supposed to.
But even right after the defeat of Chaos, Rei knew it couldn't possibly last forever. It never did. Their dream world of peace was always shattered one way or another every time it seemed as if it woild end. And now, as she had predicted, there was something here. There was some disturbance in the galaxy that she couldn't identify just yet. But she knew it'd come out soon enough. Rei sighed and went back to sweeping, her mind no longer filled with such peaceful thoughts.

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The girl looked around, making sure no one was watching. This was going to be easier than she thought. She looked around again, this time scanning for a few possibilities. "There has to be someone with a small bit of power in them..." she thought. There were several possibilities here now, but the brightest energy she got was from two young girls. She wondered how they could be so young with so much power developed. One looked about seven years old, and the other around twelve or thirteen, perhaps. "They'll do for now... but how to distract them...?" the girl thought aloud softly. A few moments later, she had the perfect idea. She could use a mist bomb. Her element being related to it, she had many stashed away. She could easily waste one for something as important as this. She swiftly threw one towards the ceiling, and it exploded and sent smoke flying everywhere.
Several startled screams were heard from inside the store, accompanied by the sound of items crashing and breaking. The girl smiled and casually walked over to the aisle where the girls had been. Sure enough, they were still there, stumbling around blindly and calling out for someone. The woman quickly made a portal in the air with her hands, one of the things she wasn't allowed to do often, and pushed the girls through, then walked through it herself, being sure to close it up as she left. They arrived back in her realm seconds later, the girls looking quite terrified. "Well, I hope you like it here," their kidnapper said, indicating to the black realm they were in. "You'll be staying here awhile." The older girl of the two stood up and glared at the woman.
"What do you want from us?" she demanded in a shaking voice.
"Oh, I just need your help is all," the woman replied, an evil smile upon her lips. "So, I suggest you give yourself over to the dark side now. There's nothing you can do to fight against it." With that, she held out her hand and a black beam came out from it. It split into two beams, each one shooting at one of the girls. Powerless and with nowhere to run, they were both hit and knocked unconscious immediately. "Once they wake up, they'll be ready," the woman said, still smiling and gazing down at the two girls. "Then we'll be ready." With that, she walked back out of the portal again, this time heading to a different location.

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Usagi Tsukino yawned and looked around the plain classroom. How could everyone else stand this? Being tortured in history for an hour wasn't too fun. She needed something to do besides staring at the posters on the wall and pretending to be interested in what Mr. Unzari was talking about. Something having to do with... something. She couldn't remember anymore, and really didn't care. Her eyelids seemed to be getting heavy now. She had lost sleep, like the past few nights, due to frightening dreams she couldn't quite remember. She rested her chin on her hands and soon the drawling voice of her teacher lulled her to sleep.
Usagi was awakened by the sound of the loud bell that indicated that class and school was over. She stood up, blinking, then casually picked up her bookbag and headed for the door.
"Have a nice nap, Miss Tsukino?" Mr. Unzari said as she was about to walk out. Usagi winced and turned around.
"Usagi, I would suggest you going to bed earlier, or else this is going to start affecting your grade! You can't be missing class because you're staying up late at night," he said with an exasperated sigh. Usagi gave a nervous laugh.
"Right... sorry," she said and quickly walked out. "That was too close..." she muttered. At least the day was over. She could finally go home and sleep without being interrupted. She didn't have much homework anyway. Usagi began to walk home, humming happily, completely unaware of what was coming soon.
When Usagi got home, her mother greeted her.
"Hi, mom," Usagi muttered, still sleepy. Her mother raised her eyebrow.
"Losing sleep, still? Well, I suggest you-" She stopped the beginning of her lecture as the phone rang.
"I'll get it," Usagi said quickly and ran to the phone. "Hello?"
"Usagi... don't forget you're supposed to meet us for studying today," Ami's voice said. Usagi groaned. That's right, there was a big exam in math tomorrow! How could she have forgotten? But she really wanted to sleep instead. She knew studying couldn't wait, but...
"All right," Usagi mumbled.
"Good... see you there!" There was a click at the end of the line, and Usagi hung up the phone. She stalked up to her room before her mother could return from the kitchen and continue her lecture. Once she reached her bedroom, she shut her door and flopped down on her bed. At least I can get an hour of sleep, Usagi thought, and lay back on her bed. It was so comforting after a long day of school. She was asleep in minutes, forgetting to set her alarm clock.
She was having the same dream again... she was Eternal Sailor Moon, and she was fighting someone. She couldn't make out the face of her opponent, but she knew it was female. It gave an evil laugh as it attacked the other Senshi, who fell to the ground. The enemy was coming towards Sailor Moon, and she was about to see its face...
"Wake up, Usagi-chan! You're going to be late!" Luna's voice snapped, making Usagi wide-awake. Luna indicated to the clock beside her bed, which read 4:57.
"Oh no!" Usagi said, jumping off of the bed, grabbing her coat, and putting it on. It would be chilly out since it was mid-fall. Luna sighed and shook her head in a pitying way as Usagi ran downstairs and slammed the door as she left.
Usagi ran down the street, going as fast as her legs would carry her. "I won't be late again!" she announced. "I don't think I can stand any more lectures today!" she kept going, a determined look on her face. She wouldn't be tardy, and she certainly wouldn't stop running. When she finally reached the temple, going at a considerably slower pace than when she had started, she doubled over panting. She considered this one of her greatest accomplishments yet. And she was only one minute over... she could definitely make up the excuse that their clocks were off or something. She slowly walked in the temple doors, trying to stop breathing so hard so the others couldn't tell she had ran all the way there to prevent herself from being late in the first place.
When she got inside, everyone looked up at her.
"Wow... miracles do happen. Usagi's here on time for once," said Rei, who had been staring expectantly at her watch, probably waiting for the moment when she could announce Usagi tardy for the meeting. Usagi looked around and blinked. No one had any textbooks with them... not even Ami. "Oh, right," Rei said. "We're not really studying... we're having a meeting." Usagi sighed.
"I guess that's better than study group," she muttered. Minako nodded in agreement. "When are the others coming?" Usagi asked.
"They should already be here by now," Makoto replied, glancing at her own watch. As if on cue, the door creaked and in stepped Michiru, Haruka, Setsuna, and Hotaru.
"So, what is this about?" Haruka asked, trying to be polite about it. Rei raised her eyebrow.
"Well, if you don't want to hear about this, then you could leave. But I suggest you all stay, since this is important Senshi business." Haruka sighed impatiently and took a seat on the floor, along with Michiru. Setsuna stayed standing with Hotaru.
"Anyway... as I was saying, this is important. Usagi says she's been having some dreams lately... possibly foreshadowing something in the near future. I know no one wants to fight any more, but we have to," Rei said importantly. Usagi nodded, staring at the floor. Everyone was waiting for her to speak.
"Well..." Usagi began slowly, "Each time I go to sleep at night, I have a dream... I see some sort of evil shadow, but I can never see her face... and she's a Sailor Senshi. She always kills everyone... the rest of you, I mean... and when she gets ready t kill me, I can almost see her face but... then I wake up." Setsuna nodded, as if thinking. After a few moments, she looked at Rei.
"Can you do some sort of fire reading and see if any sort of enemy sign shows up?" she asked. Rei nodded slowly. She stood up, walked over to the burning fire in the fireplace, and sat down in her meditation position. She did a few hand signs and muttered a few words, and stared at the fire for a few seconds. Then, she jumped up and motioned for everyone to come and see.
"What's that?" Minako asked. "Some sort of symbol?" Rei nodded, still staring into the fire.
"It's the symbol of some sort of Senshi, probably," she answered. Minako smiled brightly.
"So... then...we'll have more help with defeating this enemy Usagi is seeing in her dreams?" she asked excitedly. Rei shook her head.
"It could also be the enemy," she replied. "Remember, Usagi said it was a Sailor Senshi. So this symbol could be to help us... or try to defeat us."

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"Luna!" Usagi shouted as she burst through the door of her room.
"Have fun studying?" Luna asked with a yawn. She had been situated at the end of Usagi's bed, head on her paws and curled up.
"Oh, it was really a Senshi meeting," Usagi replied. "Rei had me explain my dream to everyone. What do you think... why don't we remember anything about this?" Luna thought for a moment.
"I really don't know," she answered after a few seconds. She, for once, was just as puzzled as Usagi. Why would there be a new evil Sailor Senshi at all? The main source of evil in the universe had been destroyed. Chaos was gone now, and...
"Usagi! The reason I can't remember this is because it must be in the future!" Luna realized. Usagi looked at her.
"Really? Are you sure?" Luna nodded.
"It's the only way... this must be a soldier who's coming from the future to help or fight against us... or else I would remember it... and I don't. So... if she's evil... then we have to fight to save our future." Usagi nodded. She hoped that they wouldn't have to fight any time soon, though. She had been enjoying the peace so much. But she knew she'd have to fight one way or another, since a good Sailor Senshi wouldn't be there to help them if they didn't need help. Usagi sighed and pushed these thoughts out of her mind for the time being, got ready for school the next day, and went to bed.

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Rei sighed as she pushed open the doors to T*A Academy. At least she had enjoyed her day off from school. She bowed as one of the nuns passed by her, then walked quickly to her classroom. She looked around for an empty seat, and finally found one near the back. Rei set her bookbag down and sat in the chair. She felt another boring day at school coming on. She looked around to see whom she was sitting by and was a bit surprised to see a girl she didn't recognize behind her.
"What's your name?" Rei asked her politely. She was pretty, with long aqua hair tied up in a high ponytail.
"Akuma," the girl replied, not looking up from the piece of paper she was writing on.
"Are you new here?" Rei asked, still smiling politely.
"Sort of," the girl said.
"Would you like to have lunch with me today?"
"I guess so," Akuma said, not sounding too enthusiastic. Great, she thought. Now I have to waste my time with a human.
"Great! See you then!" Rei whispered excitedly.
"Miss Hino!" one of the nuns snapped, hitting a ruler against the front desk loudly and making Rei spin around in her chair. "No talking!" Rei's heart was beating quickly now due to the sudden whack of the ruler.
"Y-yes... sorry!" she spat out. Rei sighed and sunk into her seat. This definitely wasn't a good start for the day.

At lunchtime, Rei grabbed her lunch she had brought from home and walked outside to a tree that was nearby. Most of the other girls were inside, but it was a nice day today, so Rei couldn't figure out why. A few minutes later, Akuma came over walking a bit slowly, carrying her lunch.
"Hi!" Rei called cheerfully.
"Hello," the girl murmured, sounding a bit tired. She took a seat under the tree with her back against the trunk, and Rei did the same. Akuma opened up her lunch box, and Rei peeked over to see what she had. Bara sushi. It was certainly better what she had. "Do you want some?" the girl asked, seeing Rei eye her food.
"Just a little bit," Rei said with a laugh. Great, she was starting to sound like Usagi. Akuma gave a faint smile and put some of the sushi in Rei's box. "So," Rei said, "where do you come from?" Akuma began to eat quietly.
"Somewhere far away..." Akuma said, a distant look in her eyes. I guess she's from the other part of the world or something, Rei thought. This girl certainly was weird. Maybe they'd become good friends though.
"Tell me about yourself, then," Rei suggested, attempting to strike up conversation.
"I'm afraid I cannot do that." There was a long silence, and Rei guessed that was the end of their talking for lunch. Why did Akuma need to be so secretive? It's not like she had to hide anything from a schoolmate. Rei sighed and finished her lunch, all the while thinking over this.
"Well... I should probably go inside now... see you in class," she said when she was done. Akuma simply nodded, staring off into space and sipping some green tea. There was a distant look in her blue-green eyes. Rei began walking towards the school building, looking over her shoulder. She seems so sad, she thought. Rei knew it normally wasn't like her to be a cheerful and open person with strangers, but Akuma was different... definitley something different.

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