STOP!—If you haven't read any of my other fan fics please do. I'm writing them in an order that is listed on my profile and they'll just flow better if you do.

-This takes place right after the fifth episode, "A Monster's Scent! Chanela Steal Love". For those of you who are virgins to the original anime lemme lay down a couple of things. First, aliases: Serena Tsukino is Usagi Tsukino, Molly Baker is Naru Osaka, Andrew Hansford is Motoki Furuhata, Ms. Patricia Haruna is Sakurada Haruna-sensei. Second, the suffixes: -chan is for someone familiar and usually used for friendship, -san is Mr., Ms., or Mrs. and usually used for acquaintance, -sama is for the same thing but it's usually used when referring to someone older or among older people (at least that's what I've gathered from watching the original anime), and –sensei indicates teacher or master. Lastly, Japanese word lesson: Shitennou mean 'Four Heavenly Kings'.-

Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon

A Rabbit's Confusion In Affairs Of The Heart

by

Windsting

September 17th, 1991 – Juban Municipal Junior High School

"Usagi-chan, I know I'm a lot older than you so I hope this doesn't offend you when I tell you that I've secretly been in love with you since the first day I laid eyes on you. I want to become your Prince Charming and I'll do anything to make you happy. Please tell me you feel the same way." Motoki said as he clasped Usagi's small hands in his own and stared earnestly into her eyes.

"Oh Motoki-chan! True love is blind to things like age differences. I'm so happy you feel the same way I do. I'd love for you to be my Prince Charming." Usagi said with over bright eyes and flushed cheeks.

Motoki closed his eyes and started to lean down to her. Usagi's heart started racing and she closed her own eyes and stood up on her toes to help close the gap between them.

"Sailor Moon!"

Usagi opened her eyes and blinked a couple of times in confusion at Motoki who seemed frozen in place. She turned towards the familiar sound of Tuxedo Mask's voice, wondering how he knew she was Sailor Moon.

"Sailor Moon, what are you doing with this man?"

Tuxedo Mask stood about ten yards from her in the clouds and his handsome face bore a frown of disapproval. Usagi looked down in embarrassment and noticed the red boots of her sailor suit. Confusion flickered across her features again as she wondered when she'd transformed.

"Um…well…Usagi loves him." She found herself saying.

"Usagi can't love him. You are Usagi and you love me, I know you do. I see it in your eyes every time our paths cross."

"I do…but Usagi loves him too. We love both of you, but we know him better."

"That can change. I won't share you. Think about it." He said as he tossed his cape over his shoulder and walked off into a wall of clouds.

"Tsukino-san!" Haruna-sensei yelled at the notoriously sleepy girl whose head was cradled in her arms on her desk.

Usagi jerked her head up immediately, wiping the drool from the corner of her mouth as she responded with "Yes Haruna-sensei, I'm here."

The class, with the exception of Naru, giggled. Naru looked at Usagi with concern as Haruna-sensei told her she had detention for sleeping in class. Sure Usagi seemed to fall asleep in class often, Naru was often tempted to follow her lead herself, but the corners of her eyes were pink and there were faint circles under them.

--

After Haruna-sensei left Usagi to filling the chalk board with 'I will not sleep in class', Naru slipped in the room and walked over to Usagi. Usagi didn't even notice her until the sound of Naru's piece of chalk on the board broke her out of her reverie.

"Oh Naru-chan, I'm sorry I didn't see you there. Thanks for helping me again." Usagi said sheepishly.

"Usagi-chan, are you okay?"

"Of course I am, why?"

"You're more zoned out than usual."

"I'm just really tired." Usagi said, punctuated with a yawn.

"Didn't you get your sixteen hours last night?" Naru asked with a smile, hoping to get a rise out of her friend.

"It's twelve not sixteen." Usagi sighed. "I'm just having a hard time getting to sleep. I guess my body got used to staying up late for FM No. 10 Midnight Zero."

"Oh okay. You should try drinking some warm milk before you go to bed. Mom used to fix it for me when I was a little girl and I couldn't sleep."

Usagi nodded and paused in mid symbol.

"Naru-chan, have you ever been in love with two guys?"

Naru also stopped and stared at Usagi in surprise.

"Two guys?" she echoed. "Who are they? You never told me you loved one guy, let alone two?"

Usagi blushed and continued writing.

"Well I don't know if either of them feels the same way about me so I don't want to jinx it."

"I understand. Well in answer to your question, no. But then I've never been in love with any guys period. You should really pick one though because otherwise it's not fair to them."

"How do I do that though?"

"I guess just spend time with each one and go with the one that makes you feel the best about yourself."

September 17th, 1991 – Queen Beryl's Lair

"Jadeite!" Queen Beryl shouted in a peevish tone of voice.

The blond Shitennou appeared out of thin air before her with his fist to his heart in allegiance and bowed low out of respect.

"Yes Queen Beryl-sama?" He humbly asked.

"Have I not made myself clear that we need energy, and lots of it, in order to fulfill our plans to conquer the Earth?" She asked with feigned patience.

"You've made it crystal clear, Queen Beryl-sama." He said.

"I must admit that you're plans so far have been promising ideas and you've gathered large amounts of energy. But you keep failing in the area of expecting the unexpected and all that energy keeps getting lost."

"My humblest apologies, Queen Beryl-sama. Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Mask have proven to be a thorn in my side. If it wasn't for them…"

"A thorn in your side is ten in mine. Only the foolish man keeps using the same tactics repeatedly despite his failures instead of learning to perfect his strategy." She harshly interrupted.

A couple of soft giggles could be heard from Queen Beryl's court behind him and his face burned with shame.

"You are most wise, Queen Beryl-sama. I will adjust my strategy."

"See that you do. Go. Carry out your next plan."

"Yes, Queen Beryl-sama." He said as he bowed again before vanishing into thin air.

--

Back in Jadeite's room he paced the stone floor like a caged tiger as he tried to think of all the things that could go wrong with his next plan due to Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Mask. He would have had defeated her last night if it wasn't for Tuxedo.

"Jadeite." A soft feminine voice said from a shadowed corner.

"Show yourself!" He demanded.

A youthful woman with long white hair and crystal blue eyes that said she'd seen far more than her looks revealed slid out into the low blue tinged lighting in his room. She wore a silver, snowflake printed kimono that nearly covered her feet and held matching fans.

"Shimotenma, what do you want?" He demanded.

"Why to help you of course, I don't want to see Queen Beryl-sama angry any more than you do."

"I already have my next plan."

"Ah! But have you figured out Sailor Moon's weakness?"

"I'm listening."

"Girl's as young as Sailor Moon are always hopeless romantics and at that maturity level they're more emotional than women. If you could find the one her heart pines for, you could use him to lure her in."

As she spoke, Shimotenma, had begun to do a slow, mesmerizing dance with the fans around him.

"How would I find his man?" Jadeite asked.

"I'm glad you asked. Shall we consult the fans?"

With that she closed her eyes and her movements became quicker as she started chanting in a barely audible voice. Words that flowed together as smooth as her movements and in an exotic sounding language that Jadeite couldn't understand. The breeze from the fans seemed to curl around them in a lover's caress and he felt himself falling under a spell. Everything that was male in him was suddenly awakened and demanded he reach for her as she moved around him in an alluring manner. He shook his head to clear away those thoughts and when he looked at her again she'd stopped and was standing in front of him.

She opened her eyes and murmured "Mmm…isn't she a busybody. There are two."

She turned the fans around so that he could see the portraits printed on each one. He recognized the first as Tuxedo Mask, standing on the radio station's roof. The second was a blond man in an apron that he'd never seen before.

"How do we find either of them?" He asked.

"Well Tuxy, I'm sure will show up when we have her cornered. As far as this other man, I'd recommend checking out this Game Center Crown that he's standing in front of." She said in a sultry voice.