AUTHOR'S NOTE: THIS IS NOT A MAKOTO & USAGI PAIRING. I listed them as the main characters, that's all.

And I'm assuming the story from the first anime version, not the manga one. This was the first full fan fiction I wrote (spanned 87 pages in my Word document) and I felt it was time for an upgrade.

I'm also going to work on getting some sketches/pictures up of the new senshi in the story.

Chapter 1: Departure

With a start, Usagi awoke in her bed. Sighing, she closed her eyes and tried to fall back asleep. Usagi had not slept well the entire night. She could not shake this feeling as if she was falling. Maybe it's an omen, she thought to herself. Maybe Rei could interpret for her.

What could possibly be wrong, though? Galaxia had just been defeated, though it had taken a toll on her powers and her soul. Usagi smiled as she thought of Chibi Chibi. What a sweet little girl, much like her own little girl, Chibiusa. They were both powerful weapons hidden inside such sweet, innocent bodies. The thought of Chibiusa made her wonder if she was coming back from the future soon.

She decided she wasn't getting any more sleep and threw off the covers. It was early, especially for her: 7 a.m. She didn't even get up this early on a regular school day. She saw Luna lying in her basket on the other side of the room. She looked so peaceful. Usagi decided it was best to leave her alone. If Luna found out Usagi had the capability to get up this early, she would nag her with every chance she had.

Usagi got dressed, put on a little makeup, tied up her buns, and decided to visit her Mamo-chan first. He could always comfort her, and there was always the chance of Rei picking on Usagi for silly dreams. At least Mamoru could take her seriously. Usagi wondered if he was up already. Though he had said she could drop by anytime, she didn't want to be a nuisance.

Usagi started out the door, first leaving a note for her parents, something she rarely did, but it was a gesture so her parents would trust her more. She felt guilty that she never told them about her being Sailor Moon, but that was part of her duty as a senshi.

As she walked to Mamoru's apartment, she noticed how peaceful everything was. It had not been this peaceful for a long time. Usagi looked to the sky, wondering where the Starlights and their princess were, and hoped they had made it home safe. It would be a long time before she saw them again and she missed them, especially Seiya.

The situation with Seiya was complicated. She did love her. Which was it? Did it even matter? Mamoru never knew about the one and only kiss she had with Seiya, with guilt. It had been when she was saying goodbye to him on his final concert night. She did not want Seiya to be in a one-sided love when she cared for him so. Later, she wondered if she had done the right thing, because she was still supposed to be with Mamoru. Now she knew why he never contacted her, and felt like she should not have mistrusted her boyfriend so easily. Since he was "dead" though, maybe she was free to be with other men…Oh it was all so complicated.

The sun was rising over the district as she arrived at his apartment and knocked on the door. Mamoru opened the door, already dressed. The smell of tea wafted through the entrance way. With a smile, her boyfriend asked, "Usagi, what are you doing here? I would have figured you were asleep."

"I know, but I had trouble sleeping. Can I talk to you?" she implored wonderingly.

"Of course, you are always welcome here. Let me get you some tea." Mamoru gestured for her to come in.

It had been so long since she had been in his apartment. Everything was the same, of course, except for a case of luggage in the corner of the living room. "Why are you packed, Mamoru? Are you going somewhere?" Usagi asked, walking across the room to the luggage.

Mamoru walked in with the tea and set it on his coffee table. "Yes, Usagi. See, I needed to talk to you as well. I'm going back to America."

"What?!" Usagi exclaimed. "No way, you aren't going anywhere, mister. Why do you have to go?"

"Usagi, Usagi….I was trying to get to America before Galaxia showed up," Mamoru explained.

"I know, and you were killed. Please, it's too dangerous. What if some more evil forces tried again?" Usagi demanded.

Mamoru shook his head. "What are the odds of that happening? Honestly, you kicked their tail straight out of here. Nothing is going to happen for a long time. You have to be strong, Usagi."

Tears gathered in his lover's eyes. "No, I already lost you once. I don't want to lose you again. Stay, Mamo-chan!" she whined.

Striding over to Usagi, Mamoru held her shoulders and looked in her eyes. "I will always be there for you. But you have to be there for me. Support me with my dream. Please."

Usagi averted her gaze. "I will try."

….

"Honestly, the Sailor Senshi of the highest Legends has fallen to the likes of Sailor Moon? What kind of universe are we living in?" demanded a tall, thin woman with magenta hair. "Honestly, if that had been me, I would rather kill myself than let some wimpy princess take me down. The universe does not belong in her hands. She is too generous, too forgiving."

"Europa, let's not get carried away. We still have much to do before we can claim even this solar system as our own. We should find our queen, Jupiter, and lead her to her rightful throne," a younger girl with black hair responded.

It was a dark building, the only shelter the four companions were able to find. Abandoned and forgotten at the edge of town, it was their sanctuary.

There were two girls, one with black hair and in a gray sailor suit, instead of the usual white that most sailors in this solar system had, with dark blue bow and trimming, and cut a little lower as well and tiny-heeled blue shoes. The other had magenta hair, dressed in a similar sailor suit, but with a red bow and trimming and knee-high red boots. The two men, knowing full well how awkward it was to battle in dresses and such, were both in tuxedo-like suits. The one with long silver hair was taller than even most Earth men, and his tux was a dark gray with a maroon shirt, while the shorter one with strangely dark blue hair wore a similar gray suit, with a blue shirt.

The silver-haired one stepped forward. "We know it is dangerous for us to walk about like this. People will notice, especially since you girls look like the famed Sailor Senshi."

"Io, we are Sailor Senshi. Just…not the ones that these people are used to. No one has ever accepted us, and no one ever will," the one called Europa said sharply.

Io shook his head. "Look, I'm just saying we have a need to blend in until we find our target. How hard could it be to find the Moon Princess? Her shining light is the brightest light in the universe."

The shorter guy with blue hair stepped forward, and said in a raspy voice, "She is no Princess as far as I'm concerned. The only one we worship is the goddess of Jupiter!"

"Ganymede, calm yourself down. Soon we will find them. But Io is right, we need to blend in and come up with a plan to force our queen to show her true strength," the black haired girl stated.

Europa cleared her throat. "Look, Callisto and I will go to where most girls in this city 'hang out'. You two should do something similar; perhaps flirt with the locals until you find the right. We know Jupiter is here; we all feel her presence. All we need to do is release her from her bonds of righteousness. She governs the largest planet in the solar system. She should be Queen!"

They all nodded in reply.