Disclaimer: No, I don't own Sailormoon, I only own this story. All characters are copyright (c) Naoko Takeuchi, Kodansya, TOEI, TV Asahi, ect.

Sailormoon Zodiac
by Shorty
=Prologue=

"Usagi-chan, get up!" Luna shrieked at a blonde-haired, blue-eyed girl named Tsukino Usagi, referred to as 'Usagi-chan' by her friends (except Hino Rei).
"Oogh...agh...numnummmm..." Usagi yawned.
"USAGI-CHAN, GET UP!" Luna shrieked at Usagi again.
"Where's the..." Usagi yawned, "...fire, Luna?"
"Usagi-chan, today's Sunday! Rei-chan said she wanted to talk to all of us former Senshi..." Luna explained.
"Wha...?" Usagi asked, then suddenly snapped awake. "Damn! I forgot!"
A sweatdrop appeared over Luna's forehead. "Baka [idiot]..."
"Did you say something, Luna?" Usagi asked, pulling on her blue skirt, white blouse and jacket, then tying white ribbons in her hair.
"Not a thing," Luna lied.

Usagi walked out the big, metal gate to her house. She walked along the road until she reached Juuban Junior High, where she went to school when she first became Sailormoon.
"Ah...the good old days," Usagi said softly, as though wishing Chaos had never started the Sailor Wars, thousands [I think] of years ago. "How I wish I could go back to being a regular girl."
"Quit wishing, Usagi-chan...if I'd never found you, the Dark Kingdom would've won! This world would be engulfed in darkness by now," Luna told Usagi off.
"Gomen ne [sorry], Luna," Usagi apologized.

When Usagi and Luna reached the Hikawa Shrine, Hino Rei, Kino Makoto, Mizuno Ami and Aino Minako were already there.
"You're late, Usagi!" Rei yelled.
"Shut up, Rei-chan!" Usagi replied.
"Nyaa!" Rei stuck her tongue out at Usagi. Usagi stuck hers back.
"Stop it, Usagi-chan, Rei-chan!" Luna and Artemis, Minako's cat, said in unison.
"Hmph!" Usagi said, folding her arms across her chest and turning around.
"C'mon, lighten up, Usagi-chan!" Makoto told Usagi. "Rei-chan's about to tell us something important."
"Ei?" Usagi said, astounded.
"Yes, until you interrupted," Rei said harshly, glaring at Usagi.
"GOMEN NE!" Usagi yelled. "YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO WAIT FOR ME, ANYWAY!"
"STOP FIGHTING!" Minako screeched. "Would you just tell us already?"
"Yes...I will, Mina-chan. As I was saying, before Usagi interrupted..." Usagi clenched her fist and started shaking a little bit. "I was sensing evil energy. I know that Chaos, the source of all evil in the Universe, is gone, so it's very strange. I don't get it. That's why I called you guys."
Usagi gasped. "Really, Rei-chan? Really?"
"Yes, baka-Usagi [stupid Usagi], I am sensing evil energy. Now let me finish, and maybe Ami-chan's computer can detect something.
"Yes, I'll try..." Ami said, taking her mini-computer out of her bag. Her computer beeped and buzzed, but to no avail. It couldn't detect a single thing.
"Urghh! I know what I sensed!" Rei said, annoyed.
"I believe you, Rei-chan. But what if it wasn't negative energy, but it was positive?" Usagi asked.
"Bah! It was negative force! I know it!" Rei yelled. "I'm going inside to do a fire reading. I need my quiet, so I'll call you guys when or if I get something, okay?"

That night, Usagi lay in bed, thinking.
"What if Rei-chan's right, and there really IS something else? But how can there be something stronger than Chaos?" All of these questions flowed through Usagi's mind over and over again, until she fell asleep. She was awoken by a bright light...
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Hehehe, I'm so evil. Review, pweeze? //^.^\\ How can you say no to that ^^''