"So…what do we do now?"

The blonde looked over at her two comrades, a girl with green hair, and one with pink. "I'm not completely sure," was the simple answer, "…but I do know we need to find our fourth senshi. If anything, we need to give her this." The blonde lifted a hand, holding up a pen-like object, with the decoration of a six-pointed star, decorated with a black "s" in the center.

"I don't see why we need another senshi. We can handle this Sleeping Princess on our own, can't we?" the pink-haired girl asked.

The blonde shook her head. "If we could, I wouldn't have gone chasing you two, now, would I?" The one with pink hair wrinkled her nose at the bitter answer.

"Would you three PLEASE stop acting like babies and focus on our mission?" A silver cat with a six-pointed star on her forehead leapt onto the blonde's lap, accepting the attention of the girl's fingers running through her fur. "Not only do we need to find the fourth Guardian Senshi, we also need to find Sailor Moon. I must inform her guardian, my sister, of what's going on….we can't have the Solar System Senshi interfering with this mission."

"So…what do we do…right now?" The green-haired girl asked, reaching down to straighten her boot, which was slipping slightly from around her calf.

"We wait," answered the blonde. "For the Solar System Senshi to reveal themselves."

"Usagi-chan! Matte!" Minako cried as she and Tanya rushed to catch up with the blonde. "Where are you going?" Minako asked.

Usagi sighed, happily. "I'm going to go look at colleges with Ami-chan."

Tanya looked quite surprised. "This coming from the girl who hates school?" She placed a hand on Usagi's forehead. "Are you feeling all right? You're kind of warm."

Usagi pushed Tanya's hand away as Minako laughed. "I want to get into a good college."

Minako raised an eyebrow. "Why's that? To impress Mamoru-san…?" Usagi blushed, nodding her head, slightly, a shameful look forming over her face. Tanya and Minako burst out laughing.

"I should have known you weren't serious about school work," Tanya joked. The three stopped outside a large building.

"This is the place…" Usagi whispered. She lifted a hand to open the door, but the sound of two people frantically calling her name caused her to stop and turn around. Ami and Rei came rushing toward the three. "Ami-chan! Rei-chan! What is it?"

The two stopped to catch their breath a moment. "Come with us to Hikawa Shrine. Luna's called an emergency meeting," Ami replied. Usagi nodded and the girls rushed toward the shrine, all thoughts of college no longer in their minds...

Once all the girls were settled around the small table in the center of the room, Luna began. "Ever since the city installed cameras on the street-lights, we've been watching the city closely for any sign of danger." Tanya lifted one of Makoto's dumplings off the plate and bit into it.

Once she swallowed, she spoke, "…but haven't we obtained peace? There hasn't been an attack since before we graduated high school…that was nearly a year ago."

Artemis nodded. "We thought so, too…until we saw this." He turned to Ami's laptop and pressed a few buttons. A video feed began to play. A silhouette of three girls and a cat were the main focus.

"Well…who are they?" Minako asked, leaning over to get a better look. "They almost look like they're wearing senshi fukus."

Luna nodded. "I'm not completely sure who they are. No matter how close we get, nor how much editing we do, we aren't able to get a clear view of their faces."

Makoto tilted her head slightly, scrunching her eyes, and attempted to get a better view of three strangers. "Wait… 'not completely sure'…? Luna, do you have any idea who they might be?"

Luna sighed and looked at Artemis. "Should we tell them…?"

Artemis shook his head. "Never mind that right now," he growled, turning off the laptop. "I think we should set up a routine patrol of the city….to see if we can find these girls." The girls noticed the serious look on his face and they all agreed.

"I don't think anyone should be alone…so we'll do it in pairs. Usagi-chan, you can patrol with Mamoru-san. Ami-chan, and Mako-chan…" Luna continued on, setting up teams of two to patrol. When she was done, she silenced and looked over at Artemis. After the tension in the room had died, the girl began gossiping and talking about boys. Artemis and Luna moved over to a window sill.

"Could it really be them?" Artemis asked, worry lining his voice. Luna shuddered, turning her gaze away from Artemis to the afternoon sky outside.

"Let's hope not," Luna said.

"Jaa ne, Rei-chan! I'll see you tomorrow!" Usagi stretched, heading down the stairs toward the street. The sun was setting, and Usagi should have been home an hour ago. She could probably sneak in…but getting Shingo to keep a secret was near impossible.

"Usagi-chan…." Usagi looked down at Luna, who was walking beside her.

"Yes, Luna?" Luna looked very worried, which Usagi had gotten used to by now. Luna was always worried when things went roughly.

"I don't want you walking around alone, until we know what's going on, okay?" Luna stated. Her voice was lined with a level of worry Usagi wasn't used to.

"Luna…do you know something?" Luna furiously shook her head.

"No. Of course not, Usagi-chan. I'm just showing as much concern as I would for any of the senshi." Usagi didn't believe her, but she wouldn't press the matter anymore.

"Hey, watch it!" A girl about Usagi's size cried as Usagi rammed into her. The girl stumbled backwards, landing on her butt.

Usagi blinked. "I'm so sorry! Here, let me help you," Usagi fussed. She went to help the girl up, but the girl slapped her hand away.

"Don't touch me!" the girl cried. She stood and brushed herself off. The girl looked at Usagi and her eyes widened. "S-sorry! I didn't realize…I thought you were someone else." Usagi was surprised by the girl's sudden change in attitude, but she didn't question it. The girl was very pretty. She had long blonde hair, a little darker than her own. It was parted at the middle and pulled into a very low, very loose ponytail at the girl's back, with the bangs hanging in her face. She wore a style that Usagi had never seen before, a black and red corset, a simple black peasant skirt, black platform boots, and fishnet stockings. Usagi smiled and held out her hand.

"I'm Usagi Tsukino. Are you new to Tokyo?" The girl nodded.

"I just moved here with my foster family a few months ago. I'm Anoa Craine, by the way." Usagi only then noticed the girl's terrible Japanese. Anoa bowed slightly. "I'm actually on my way home from the high school. I was signing up for classes. I better get home, though. My brother, Jason, won't be happy if I'm late. Bye, Tsukino-san!"

Usagi waved and looked at Luna, who had been silent this entire time. If Luna had been human, her face would have been a pale white. "Luna….? What's wrong?"

Luna shook her head. "N-nothing, Usagi-chan. Let's go home." Usagi nodded and continued her walk home.

Meanwhile, Sailor Sirius and Sailor Venus were scaling rooftops not too far away from this chance meeting. "Venus…was it me, or did Luna and Artemis know something?"

Venus stopped and looked back at Sirius. "I think they knew something…but they weren't ready to tell us. Maybe they want to wait until they're sure?"

Sirius shrugged. "Perhaps." She didn't look completely convinced. "But if these newcomers are Sailor Senshi, what's there to worry about?"

Venus looked back at Sirius. "We thought that about the Anima-mates, remember?"

Sirius nodded. "I stand corrected." She looked over the edge of a building. "It seems so quiet, this evening." Venus nodded in agreement. That was when a scream carried over the air. Sirius looked over at Venus and the two lept off the building, landing on the ground below, where a large, flaming dog the size of a horse was closing in on a group of women. Beside the dog was a strange looking girl. She hat shoulder-length black hair, the bangs cut to shape her face and dyed blue. She turned her head and what Venus and Sirius saw nearly freaked them out. The girl had pupiless emerald green eyes. She also wore a black and navy blue fuku that was missing the stomach piece. In her right hand was a naginata with a black blade. The girl smirked and bowed.

"Hello Sailor Venus, Sailor Sirius," the girl greeted them in an emotionless tone, "I'm looking for Princess Serenity. Could you make this easy on yourselves, and tell me where she is?"

Sirius and Venus took on a fighting stance. "Not a chance," Sirius answered.

The girl sighed. "All right, then. Kaine…" She looked to the dog. "I've found you two very tasty treats right here. Help yourself." The girl turned to walk off.

"Wait!" Sirius cried, "….who are you!?" The girl only smirked and disappeared. Sirius backed away as the large, flaming dog came at them. "What IS this thing?" she asked, looking over at Venus.

Venus shook her head, "I don't know." Venus lifted her hand to her lips. "Venus! Love and Beauty SHOCK!" She threw the heart-shaped blast at the dog, but it didn't even seem to phase him. "Sirius, what do we do!?" Sirius looked terrified.

"Hold it right there!" A voice cried. Sirius, Venus, and the flaming dog looked up. A girl in a gold and blue fuku stood on top of a lamppost. Her long golden hair was parted at the center, and pulled back into a very lose, very low ponytail at the center of her back. Her fuku was also missing the stomach piece. Sirius noticed something very familiar about the girl, but her eyes were drawn to the girl's most prominent feature. She had pointed ears…which completely surprised Sirius.