Okay, so this is my very first fanfiction. I have never before written anything. Be kind to me, please. I apologize now if any of the characters are out of character. They are probably going to be really out of character, so sorry. This is an Usagi/Rei story. If you do not like that kind of thing, then do not read the story. Simple as that. Oh, this takes place outside of the normal time line. They know the Outers and are friends with them. So, don't try to figure out when this takes place, because I don't know. Please enjoy!

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Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor moon, or anything else. So please don't sue me!!

Chapter One

Usagi could have stayed here forever. She was out on a date and they stopped in the park to snuggle while watching the sunset. Usagi felt a soft, delicate kiss on her neck. She blushed and giggled. Looking down at her watch, Usagi gasped. She was supposed to be home an hour ago.

"I have to go! I'm late, and mom and dad are going to go ballistic and murder me! I'll be chopped up and served in mom's hideous meatloaf." Usagi jumped off the bench and was ready to run home and beg her parents for forgiveness when she felt arms grab her in a backwards hug. She then felt kisses like butterfly wings on the back of her neck. Blushing some more, she closed her eyes and leaned back into the hug.

'My Mamo-chan is so sweet' With her eyes still closed, Usagi turned around and returned the hug. 'Wait a minute. My Mamo-chan is taller than this. What-' Wanting to see who she was hugging, Usagi lifted her head and saw—

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Usagi's dream was shattered. Out the window it looked like there was some kind of rave going on in the clouds. Lightning kept flashing and the sky was growling something fierce. Her house shook with the force of the Mother Nature's anger. Usagi yelped and dived under her covers clutching her favorite stuffed bunny.

'Man, it's storming again. Why has it been storming so much? It is not even the raining season yet.' Usagi sighed, getting ready for a long night.

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"Usagi-chan! Time to wake up! Come on, Usagi! Don't make me send your brother up there to get you!" Usagi groaned, turning over to look at her bunny clock. 12:45 glowed back at her. Usagi pulled the covers over her head, groaning.

"Sleep, sleep, sleep. Just a little bit more, please. Wait a second!" Usagi sat up nearly launching herself off the foot of her bed. "OH NO!! I'm late! I was supposed to be a Rei's 45 minutes ago! Man, she's going to yell at me again. It's not my fault that it stormed again last night. Bye mom, bye dad! Love you!" Usagi shot out the door like a bullet and proceeded to sprint down the street in the direction of Rei's house. So focused was she in getting there that she was ignoring everything around her.

"Usako! Usako! Hey, Usagi!!" Finally hearing her name, Usagi came to a screeching halt. Turning around to find the source, she saw Mamoru running towards her.

"Mamo-chan! What are you doing here?"

"What do you mean, 'what are you doing here'? Silly odango-atama, we were meeting for lunch, remember? Now come on, let's get you something to eat." Not waiting for a response from Usagi, Mamoru put his arm around her shoulder and starting walking her in the direction he came in. The opposite direction of Rei's place.

"No, Mamo-chan, I can't. Mamo-chan, please listen. Mamo-chan!" Usagi tried to get him to let her go, but He didn't seem to be listening. Having had enough of being ignored, Usagi planted her feet firmly on the ground. Finally feeling the resistance, Mamoru stopped.

"Usako, what's the matter? Aren't you hungry?"

"Mamo-chan, I would love to go with you but I can't. I told you I can't and if you had been listening to me at all, you would know that."

"Usako, my sweet, precious Usako. What could be more important than having lunch? With me?"

"Mamo-chan, I have to meet the girls. We have a meeting. One that I'm already late for." Usagi turned and started walking away.

"Usagi, wait. You said you're already late. Why not just skip the meeting and have lunch with me?" Usagi stopped. Slowly turning around to look at him with an astounded look on her face.

"Mamoru Chiba! I can't believe you just said that! They're going to be pissed as it is. If I miss the meeting entirely, they will kill me. Now, I'm sorry, I will meet you afterwards. I love you Mamo-chan." Usagi took off, not giving Mamoru a chance to respond. After a few minutes she saw the temple in the distance.

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"Where is she?! She's an hour late! Man, I'm really going to let her have it this time!" Rei shouted as she paced around the room.

"Rei-chan, calm down. I'm sure Usagi-chan has a good explanation for being this late." Voiced Ami, not even bothering to look up from her book.

"Yeah, I bet. That stupid Usagi probably over slept or some—"Rei was interrupted, though, when the door opened and in walked the girl in question.

"Well, speak of the devil." Seeing the glare on Rei's face, Usagi knew she was in trouble. So, she did the only thing she could think of. She threw herself on the ground in a bow, ready to plead forgiveness.

"Rei-chan, please don't kill me! I'm so sorry! I overslept, and—"

"You overslept!? I knew it I just knew it! You are so lazy, odango atama!" Ignoring Rei, Usagi continued.

"And I ran into Mamo-chan on the way over. He wanted me to skip the meeting and go with him to lunch. I told him I couldn't because I had to come here. I think he was mad though, but I'm not sure since I left before he could respond, and—"

"Usagi-chan, stop! We're not mad at you. Mamoru-san wanted you to skip the meeting?" Asked Ami. Usagi nodded her head. "Well, that's not like Mamoru-san at all. Anyway, now that Usagi-chan is here we can start. Rei-chan, didn't you have something you wanted to discuss?" Rei nodded her head at Ami and took a seat next to Usagi.

"Yes. What do you all think of all this rain?"

"Umm, you called the meeting to chit chat about the weather?"

"No! I didn't call the meeting for that Mako-chan! It's raining so much out of season. You guys don't think that is odd. Even a little bit?"

"So it's raining a little bit out of season. What's wrong with that?"

"I agree with Mako-chan. It's not unheard of for it to rain this much out of season. It happens all the time."

"Ami-chan is right. Rei-chan, I think you are just looking for something to do. I mean it has been somewhat boring without any bad guys to fight. Well if that is all, I have to go. There is suppose to be a new music video, and I have to catch it." Minako finished talking and stood up ready to dash home.

"Mina-chan, sit down. She isn't finished. What's wrong with the rain, Rei-chan? We're not understanding what is wrong. Please, explain it to us." Usagi asked with a smile. Rei glanced at the girl next to her, a grateful look on her face.

"Alright, I'm going to just come right out and say this. I'm sensing some kind of power in the rain." Rei looked at the girls to judge their reactions. Four shocked and confused faces looked back at her. Silence for a moment, then three voices spoke up at once.

"What are you talking about?!"

"How can there be power in the rain?"

"Are you sure? When did this happen?"

"Girls! Please, give her a chance to explain." The four girls stared at Usagi in complete shock. Usagi turned to Rei and smiled, "So, Rei-chan, you're sensing power in the rain? Are you sure? I mean it could have come from anywhere."

"No. It came from the rain itself. It is very faint. So much so that I didn't sense it until recently." Rei discreetly glanced at Usagi. "Once I realized where the power was coming from, I felt that I had to tell you." Usagi's face suddenly got unusually serious.

"It could be a new enemy, girls. We're going to have to be on our toes."

"Umm, so, you mean the rain could be a new enemy?" Usagi giggled while Rei rolled her eyes at the other blonde.

"No, Mina-chan you goofball. She means that whoever or whatever is behind the power I'm sensing is the new enemy. Does anyone know if there have been any attacks or something suspicious?"

"No reports of anything out of the ordinary. You know, besides the rain of course." Minako giggled. "Well girls, as much fun as it is to hang with my best friends, I'm going to miss that new video. So, I'm going to rush home now."

"Yes, I really need to get back to my studying. Bye."

"Hey Ami-chan, wait up! I'll walk with you. Bye Usagi-chan, Rei-chan!" With that, it was just Usagi and Rei.

"Usagi-chan, I'm really proud of how you really seem to be getting the hang of your leader responsibilities." Rei turned to the girl next to her and smiled. Letting it show on her face how proud she really was of her. Then her smile turned mischievous. "I remember when you were such a flake. Always so lazy. Oh wait, you're still always lazy!"

"Rei-chan, don't be mean to me! I'm your leader. You have to be nice to me." Usagi said sticking her tongue out at the priestess. Rei rolled her eyes and smiled, giving a small chuckle. Usagi looked over at the clock and sighed. Rei, confused, followed her gaze. She saw that the clock read 1:30pm.

"What's wrong, Usagi-chan?" Usagi sighed again.

"I have to go home and get ready so I can meet Mamo-chan for a late lunch." Rei's face took on a look of confusion.

"Isn't that a good thing? You usually would give anything to spend even a little time with Mamoru-san. First you ditch him for our meeting, now you seem a little disappointed that you have to have lunch with him. What's up, Usagi-chan?"

"Well first of all, our meetings are really important! Especially now that we might have a new enemy. Even I know better than to skip one of our senshi meetings. I'm not that irresponsible, pyro." Rei glared, sticking her tongue out, and then smiled. "Second, I'm not disappointed. I love my Mamo-chan! I do. It's just, I don't know. I guess I'm not feeling quite like myself." Rei's smile turned worried.

"Well, I better not tell the girls this. I could tell they were a little worried over your new change at the meeting. If they find out that you are feeling even more different, they might faint." Usagi giggled and got up. Rei followed suit. Rei walked her to the front door and watched as Usagi put on her shoes. Finished putting on her shoes, Usagi looked up and their eyes met. After a minute Usagi smiled and before Rei could react, launched at Rei, attacking her in a hug.

"Thank you, Rei-chan!" Rei happily sighed, hugging the blonde tighter.

"You're welcome, my princess, but I'm afraid I didn't do anything." Usagi pulled back far enough to look into Rei's eyes. She smiled and her blue eyes sparkled. Rei couldn't help but gaze into them. All too soon for Rei, Usagi let go and danced away from her towards the stairs leading away from the temple.

"I'll see you later, pyro! Try not to lose your temper at everything!"

"See ya, odango atama! Try not to ditz out constantly!" Rei stayed until Usagi was long out of her sight. Sighing to herself while closing the door Rei heard a roll of thunder. "Oh no, it sounds like it's going to rain. I had better go after Usagi-chan to make sure she doesn't get too scared. Grandpa, I'm going out!" Rei slipped her shoes on then took off away from the temple. Another, louder, roll of thunder made her run faster. 'Crap! If I don't hurry, Usagi-chan will be out in the storm by herself.' A roll of thunder sounding like an explosion followed shortly after by lightning signaled the downpour of rain. Rei pushed herself even harder. 'She can't be that far away now. I have to hurry. She's out in this storm alone. I should have walked her home, or at least done something. It's been threatening to storm all day. I hope I can get to her before she really freaks out. I have—.' Her thoughts were interrupted by her wrist communicator going off. Flipping it open revealed to her Usagi's face.

"Get to the park, pronto! YoumaaaaaaAAAAAAHHHH!!"

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Usagi was running on the sidewalk, tears streaming down her cheeks. 'It's going to storm, and I won't make it home in time.' Usagi screamed when the thunder exploded and lightning flashed overhead. 'Now it's raining! I hate storms! I should have stayed at Rei-chan's house.' Her thoughts scrambled and she screamed when thunder exploded again. 'Hang on, that scream sounded strangely doubled.' Usagi stopped; concerned that someone was in trouble. Straining her ears to hear over the rain, she heard it. 'T'hat was definitely a scream. It came from the park!' Running in the park she saw something she hoped she wouldn't have had to see again. A youma was tearing up the park. It was a brownish color, kind of like wet mud. He had two arms and two legs both very lumpy. They looked like someone stuffed potatoes into a stocking and didn't care what it looked like. The youma had what looked like knives instead of fingers. He had five glowing black eyes and razor sharp teeth with two walrus like tusks. The youma had no nose, however, with long dirty, grass green hair. In his left hand he held a woman's leg. Letting her dangle, her upper leg soaked red with blood. Transforming behind a tree quickly Usagi rushed to help the unconscious woman.

"Man, your ugly! Hey youma! I'm the Sailor Warrior of Love and Justice! Sailor Moon! In the name of the Moon I will punish you!" The youma growled through his tusks and tossed the woman into the nearby bushes, turning his full attention on Sailor Moon. 'I had better contact the girls.' Flipping open the communicator, Usagi glanced up at the youma to keep him in her sight. 'I probably should have done this before I came out. Oh well, live and learn. What the heck is he doing?' The youma had put his hands together in front of him. It appeared as if he was praying. 'He better pray to whatever he worships, because we are going to turn him into moon dust.'

"Get to the park, pronto! YoumaaaaaaAAAAAAHHHH!!" The youma separated his hands and the ground beneath Sailor Moon vanished.