A Life of Their Own by Jade 21
Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon.
Hey guys! I am resubmitting this fanfic. I was trying to correct some things on it, but I ended up messing up more than correcting so I deleted it and submitted it again to save myself from frustration. I hope you enjoy it and thanks to all who have read it, critique it, added it to their story alerts and enjoyed it.
This is my first fanfic. I want to become a better writer so I welcome all constructive criticism. Forgive me for any inaccuracies about culture or time period. I am trying to go with the flow and write a fun story. In this story I use Serena/Usagi, Mamoru/Darien, and Motoki/Andrew interchangeably because in certain parts of the story one name will be used instead of the other.
Serena, Mina, Rei, Ami, and Lita are 19
Darien is 22 going on 23 in August
Andrew is 23
This is not a Darien and Serena story. The only thing that I did not like about the Sailor Moon anime is that the scouts did not have lives or relationships of their own. It was just Serena, Darien, and Rini and nothing else. Therefore, my story is a mixture of the storylines from all the manga, anime, and live action series.
In the manga, Mamoru was three or four years older than Serena, and Mina was the leader of the sailor senshi and a pop star. In the live action series, Lita lived on her own; Andrew liked her and later on discovered her secret identity when she saved his life. I sometimes wondered if the creator of Sailor Moon was thinking about Lita when she created Rita as Andrew's love interest in the anime. Rei was a rich girl with daddy issues. Mamoru was a rich boy by the inheritances his deceased parents left him once he became of age. Yet, in all three versions, Usagi remains pretty much the same at heart. Her love for humankind is unconditional and selfless.
Prologue
In 1995, the night after the Battle of Sailor Galaxia, Sailor Pluto returns back to Earth to inform the Sailor Senshi and Tuxedo Mask that the Earth is saved, and the sailor senshi were released from their duties as guardians of the moon princess. Mamoru asked about Crystal Tokyo, and Sailor Pluto informed them that it no longer existed. When they protected the Earth against the Negaverse, the Dark Moon family, Mistress Nine, the dark moon circus, Queen Nehellenia, Badiane, Princess Snow Kaguya, and finally Queen Galaxia, The Four Eternal Guardians of the Nine Galaxies, decided they were free to live their lives and choose their own future. The guardian allowed them to keep their powers as a token of appreciation and a reminder of their time as a sailor senshi. Usagi glanced over to Mamoru who stood next to her. He breathed a sigh of relief as Usagi's eyes became emotional. He was relieved.
The story takes place three years later in the summer of 1998, and the girls are now on their own with lives of their own. Ami is in college in Germany studying to become a doctor. Mina is an international pop star and top model. Rei still resides in Japan working at her grandfather's shrine and attending one of the top universities in Japan. She is engaged to Chad, who has become a well-known rock star and has performed international hit duets with is in Boston, Massachusetts, USA studying to become a doctor at Harvard Medical School after graduating second in his undergraduate class at Harvard University on full scholarship. Lita is still in Japan. She graduated top of her class in culinary school and graduated for a community college with an associate degree in business. She recently opened a restaurant in the middle of Japan six months ago. The restaurant became a success. She is currently in a happy relationship with Motoki. Motoki is still co-owner of his family owned businesses the Crown and the Parlor that his sister still works at. Usagi still resides with her parents, undecided of what she wants to do in life. Seeing that they were no longer needed to protect the Earth as advisors to the Sailor Senshi, Luna and Artemis decided to return with Sailor Pluto to remain eternal subjects to the Goddess Serenity in the realm of the Four Eternal Guardians against the sailor senshi' wishes. After not being all together for three years, the five original senshi decided to get together and have the adventure of their lives.