Moon Soldier Revolution

Genres: Romance, Action, Comedy, Mystery...
Summary: A strange, different, yet same version of a Sailor Moon tale. But it's twisted in places and instead of Usagi starting with her senshi, she miles away with the Shittenou. A different starting can result in a interesting fan fiction.
Characters: Mamoru C, Usagi T

DISCLAIMER: Of course I don't own Sailor Moon or any of its characters. I'm just the fan writer.

A/N: Oh, and please R&R. If I get good feedback, then I'll have to go on.

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Chapter 1 - "The Last One is Vital"

"Mars Fire Soul!"

"Venus Crescent Beam!"

The two attacks shot forward in a pairing of hot lights, spinning together and hitting the targeted parrot-like youma. It screeched deafiningly in pain before it could move aside, too slow.

"Luna! Artemis!" Sailor Jupiter signaled,waving her arms in the air. "Do it now!"

The two cats back-flipped in on the battle field scene and faced the monster, the crescents on their foreheads glowing. They focused intently and maximized their energies together. "Moon Crescent Alternate Disintegration!"

The final attack was a pale, golden light. It hit the youma as it tried to make a come-back, causing it to scream in a more painful sound. At the same time, it resulted to gradual disintegration of the regular moon dust before eventually coming to nothing and vanishing before them...

"AINO-SAN!"

Minako snapped her eyes open and bolted right up in her seat. "Huh?! W-what?!"

"Excuse me Aino-san? What was that?"

She looked around, still half asleep, only to find that the one speaking was her own teacher. "Oh!" She straightened up, wiped away the warm drool she felt from the corner of her mouth, and blinked several times to wake herself up a little more. "Okamoto-sensei! Hai!"

The teacher stood at the front of the class by the board, arms crossed and eyes narrowed at her. "Nice of you to be up Miss Aino. Can you tell me the answer to the mathematical expression for number eight in the text book now?"

"Uh," Minako blinked and looked down at her text book, which lied on her desk before her. It was closed, never having been open in the first place. She blushed in embarrassment. "Could I get the page number first?"

Okamoto-sensei sighed and shook her head. "I see then. If you can't answer the problem, will you please describe to the class the dreams that kept you snoozing during class?"

"Er," She made a face and scratched her head, recalling the final scenes of her 'dream land'. "Well, I-"

"Probably hopeless romance-fantasies." Someone blurted out, causing a wave of snickers to erupt from the class.

She blushed again, more red. I might as well let them believe that than the truth.

"Aino-san," Okamoto-sensei shook her head some more. "I expect more of you here. Keep your resting hours balanced at the properly appropriate times."

"Hai, yes sensei."

She nodded and turned back to the board. "Now why don't we skip on to number nine... "

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"Ugh, you wouldn't believe my morning." Rei complained as she slid into a private booth, everyone meeting at the usual Game Center Arcade. "I can't believe I almost hurt my reputation. Being that, I mean I practically dented it."

Makoto slid in next to her, rolling her eyes. "You mean my morning. I could barely concentrate in school."

"Yes, I noticed you changing expressions working on that foreign-english test Mako-chan." said Ami, she and Minako sitting together on the other side of the booth.

"And you looking so unusually frustrated, Ami-chan?" She added knowingly.

Ami sighed. "That. Don't remind me."

"You think you've all had it bad? I had to deal with being embarrassed like crazy in front of my class!" Minako folded her arms and felt her cheeks burn just from remembering.

Makoto put her hands on the table. "Why don't we start with Ami going clock-wise?"

Everyone looked towards their brainiac friend.

"Well I really don't want to complain about it, but," Ami's expression turned frustrated in a split-second. "I just couldn't process anything through my mind so easily this morning. At every single problem, a flash of last night's youma encounter kept coming out of nowhere. I had to leave class worrying about my grade. And with that worry, I couldn't very well concentrate on the rest of my classes. It was my waste of a day. "

Minako raised both her eyebrows. "What? You too Ami-chan? I fell asleep in my class and dreamt of last night's battle too! "

"Speak of coincidence, I also kept visioning that same thing." Rei said. "I was accused for day-dreaming and almost had to take disciplinary punishment from the sisters at my school."

Makoto frowned at her turn. "I kept on seeing that ugly bird youma everywhere. I couldn't focus on my test."

The girls all took turns looking at each other and exchanging what-in-the-world glances.

"Hey girls, sorry to keep you waiting. " Motoki came over with a note pad and pen in hand. "I'll take your orders now. "

"... "

He suggested, "The usual for all?"

"... "

"Girls?" He frowned, lowering the pen from the pad. "You all have a good start today? I'd be back at the counter by now to get your orders."

Rei seemed to shake first, looking up and apologizing. "Sorry Motoki-kun. I think we've all been suffering from mind play."

Minako agreed. "Yeah, don't mind us. We're--I'm not usually this strange."

"What's that supposed to mean?" Makoto and Rei said in synchronization, looking offended.

"Hey, I'm just saying that out of the four of us," She motioned a hand to herself conceitedly. "I'm more 'not-weird' ."

Makoto looked at her disagreeingly. "I have a fair say on no to that."

"Ha, you think occasionally taking make-up tests doesn't make you weird or stand out?" scoffed Rei.

Minako gasped. "Well having ESP and being much of a tomboy is totally past that in strangeness!"

"Oh so you wanna go there miss prep?" Makoto stood up, narrowing her green eyes.

Rei stood as well, but Ami outstretched her arm and prevented a growing fight. "We're all friends here. Minako-chan was only joking in the first place Rei, Mako-chan."

Motoki grinned. "Ehem, well, I guess you guys are your normal selves alright."

Ami smiled apologetically at him. "Sorry Motoki-kun. We'll just have four usual shakes."

"Right. Coming up." He nodded and left.

Minako glared at Rei and Makoto as soon as he was out of hearing range. "I can't believe you guys made a fool out of me right in front of Motoki-kun!"

"A fool out of you?" Rei repeated. "You started beauty queen."

"Yeah thanks for promoting it and taking it seriously!" She said sarcastically. "What'll he think of me now?"

Makoto crossed her arms. "I thought you weren't that into him anymore?"

"Hey, when there aren't so many cute guys my type around, I go back to old crushes." Minako tossed her blonde hair behind her back. "Besides, I still think he's a major cutie-"

"Girls," Ami cut across her, her expression more serious. "We can't just change subjects so quickly. Remember? We all just happened to have the same visions, dreams, and flashbacks. Tell me that that's perfectly normal. "

Rei nodded, agreeing with her. "Let's get to business. Even if that was a rhetorical question, of course it's not normal. And it can't just be the average coincidences. I say that there's some sort of psychic connection to it."

"That," Makoto joined in. "Is definitely your field Rei-chan. If anyone was going to make a guess or possibility for this situation, it'd have to be you. I'm gonna boot you up on the psychic link possibility."

Minako, now set in senshi-scout business mode, said, "I'm more interested in why we were seeing it. That's the most important thing, right?"

"Well, that and the factor of why it's connected." said Rei.

"Isn't it obvious?" Makoto asked. "Wouldn't it be because it involves the four of us as Sailor Senshi?" She whispered the last part.

Ami answered, "Actually, that could depend. If you remember what Luna and Artemis told us when we all were first awakened as soldiers, there are missing factors. There are supposed to be five guardian senshi. One is our true leader."

"Oh yeah!" Minako nodded. "I remember. There's also a missing moon princess. The one we must truly protect."

"What about those mysterious crystals that Zoisite and Beryl's mentioned before?" suggested Makoto. "Not even Luna and Artemis are too sure about that. They can't remember."

"It could be any of those." Ami nodded. Then she frowned. "But we didn't see any of visions of that at all."

"I might be able to do a fire reading later." said Rei, but with uncertainty. "It won't be a gurantee if I can't ask the proper question. And right now, I think I only understand half of it all."

"By the way guys," Minako said, suddenly fidgeting. "At last night's encounter, did any of you think that that monster was a little stronger than usual?"

Makoto made a face and reluctantly said, "Well to be really honest, I'd have to say yeah. I mean, it wasn't totally tough, no way, but the way to put it was that it took a bit more of my energy to weaken it."

"Yeah, me too." Rei admitted, folding her arms.

"And me." said Ami after a pause of thought.

Minako nodded. "Yeah, that's what I thought. I didn't think about it before, but now I kinda realize how tired I was getting back home yesterday. I'm glad I'm not the only one."

"But it could just be we were slacking off." Makoto suggested.

The others didn't seem to have much to reply then, while Motoki came along and served them their strawberry shakes.

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"So that's what we basically came to." Rei finished. She and the others had left the game center an hour ago and were now at Hikawa Shrine, gathered with Luna and Artemis inside one of the tatami mat rooms in the living house.

"So you girls started having secret senshi-scout meetings without us now?" Artemis said, sounding hurt.

Minako frowned and picked up the white feline animal, holding him in her arms. "Of course not Artie. If we're going to have a senshi meeting, you and Luna will have to be part of it because you guys are part of the Sailor Senshi team too."

Luna paced back and forth on the other side of the room, her kitty face twisted into intense contemplation as she let the girls' theories and speculations process through her wise mind.

"It is something to dwell on for timed thought." said Ami, knowing she'd done the same just an hour ago. "But we were really focusing on the bigger things than the smaller things it could turn out to be. So we might not be so accurate on our speculations."

Makoto, while stretching her arms, added, "And confusing. Don't forget that it's sort of frustrating to think about if all the trains of thoughts get tangeled up mentally. Things get complicated."

Artemis glanced at Luna thinking hard. "You know, you girls have the most complex and best meetings without us."

"Oh come on Artemis." Rei nudged him in the side gently. "Just follow on through. If you be more like Luna, maybe we'll get answers and such more quickly."

He lowered his head. "Mm-hmm, but I like to keep my thinking easily thought out. If you just scatter all your theories and thoughts together, everything's a mess. I can't keep up with that. I'll just figure it out my own way."

"That," said Ami. "Or you can eliminate the most unlikely ones. For me, I'd have to cross out the moon princess one. I don't have that much hope in finding her so soon, even if it is one of our goals. There are sure to be more obstacles before the princess is found."

"Good thinking Ami." Luna nodded. "Nothing ever comes easy for Sailor Senshi, so you might as well not expect it." She kept on pacing, but suddenly, she slowed and collapsed on the bamboo mats.

"Luna!" Makoto came rushing to her first, lifting her furry, black body into her arms. But she was quickly relieved to see that her eyes were still open.

The others followed suit and came around.

"What happened to you Luna?" Minako put a hand to her head. "Fever?"

Rei asked, "Are you all right Luna?"

The cat raised its head from Makoto's arms. "Fine. I'm okay girls."

"But you fell to the floor abruptly." frowned an unconvinced Ami.

Luna nodded. "It's normal now. It's only because of last night with the youma."

"What?" Rei asked, only a bit surprised. "It was strong for you too?"

Artemis crawled from Minako's arms, shook his head, and checked on his partner with an understanding and sympathetic expression. "No. It's wasn't strong. It wasn't even the youma that was the problem."

Makoto frowned. "Are you saying it was a flaw on our side after all?"

Luna sighed, pawing at her ear. "We can't go on much longer this way. We're going around what's supposed to be."

The girls made a face, rather puzzled.

"What do you mean by that Luna?" asked Minako.

"She's right." Artemis nodded agreeingly, though looking reluctant to have to do so. "Don't you all remember what we told you before?"

Rei frowned and guessed. "Never slack down?"

"No." He shook his head. "Although, that is something to keep on mind. But anyways, we told you that there are five guardian senshi. And Luna and I have found only four of you."

"Oh yeah." She crossed her arms. "But don't you think that we're all doing fine on our own? I don't know if we really need another member to back us up. Especially if she's supposed to be our given leader or whatever."

Makoto, Ami, and Minako made secret glances. They knew that Rei already thought of herself as the leader.

"Actually Rei," Artemis shook his head. "Only the official leader, the last of the guardian senshi, can truly be called leader. We can't progress further in human and worldly justice without her."

Luna added, "Without the original five of you, the guardian senshi aren't complete. And our missing one is supposed to be the only one who can turn youmas into dust."

Makoto frowned. "But you two have been destroying those monsters all along. What about last night?"

"We've been breaking the rules." the two admitted together, shame on their faces.

"By tapping into our lunar connections." said Luna. "Which is most certainly out of line for us. And reviewing on last night's performance, it seems that these certain lunar connections are only beginning to weaken. It's draining more energy out of us. Eventually, it'll fail and we won't be effective."

The others didn't look so excited at the news. In fact, it was depressing.

"Then that settles it." Minako stood, looking dutiful. "Finding our leader is our next most important priority."