"Usagi! Wake up you'll be late for school!" Usagi's Earth mother called from the kitchen.

Usagi rolled over and looked at her Sailor V alarm clock.

"WAA!! Oh man it's 7 a.m.! I'm going to be LATE!!" Usagi threw her bed sheets into the floor in a furious fit.

"Oh man, oh man, oh man, oh man!" she repeated hastily.

Usagi took her pajamas off threw them into the floor and put her school uniform on. She fixed her hair into her famous odangos and was out the door.

"Usagi, you forgot your lunch!" Usagi's mother called out handing her blond daughter a nutritious made-with-love meal.

"Thank you!" she called out as she ran down the block on her daily dash to school.

"Oh that girl, she wouldn't be on time for her own funeral." she crossed her arms with spatula in hand and walked back threw the door.

"Ami-chan!" Usagi saw a girl with short cerulean hair.

The girl turned around and smiled, "Usagi-chan!"

"Hey how's it going?" Usagi gave Ami her beautiful smile as she did every morning.

"Oh good, I saw my mother today before she left on her flight to Germany. It's a for a conference." she replied.

"Wow, how long will she be gone this time?" Usagi asked.

"Oh about two weeks. How are things with you; and your conversation with Luna go last night?"

"She said that it may be possible that there might be another group of girls out there just like us." She said as the walked down the hall to their home room.

"Like Sailor Senshi?" a voice called out.

The girls' stomachs turned in fear, thinking that no one was eavesdropping.

A girl named Kino Makoto stood there with hands on hips.

Usagi let out a sigh of relief, "Mako-chan! You scared us! Don't do that!"

Makoto giggled, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to. Hey, have you seen Minako yet?"

Usagi and Ami looked at each other then back at Makoto.

"Not yet, she's awfully late." Ami replied looking at the clock on the wall.

"Hm, maybe she's off sick today." Makoto touched her chin with her finger.

"Unlike her to not call one of us. Maybe she's just really late." Usagi said.

The tardy bell rang and the girls went their separate ways to their home rooms.

"Usagi-chan, did you catch the news last night?" Ami said

Usagi looked up from her desk, "No, what happened?"

"From what my mother told me this morning there was an attack on people coming out of a movie theater downtown." Ami replied.

Usagi's stomach churned fiercely, "Oh yeah?"

"Yeah, and I heard there was about five people who robbed the movie-goers."

Usagi smiled inside but still felt badly, "That's terrible!"

"I know." Ami sat down next to Usagi as soon as Ms. Takahashi walked in.

"Okay class, you need to open your books to page fifty-three. Today we will be learning about Vowels." the instructor stated.

"Has Minako-chan shown up yet? It's lunchtime." Makoto said as she sat down next to Ami and Usagi under a tree.

"No, I'm getting really worried." Usagi replied as she looked down the street.

"Man, this isn't like her." Makoto said as she opened her lunch.

"Chocolate chip cookies! Can I have one Mako-chan?" Usagi asked with sparkles in her eyes.

Makoto blushed as she giggled. "Sure Usagi, you know you're more then welcomed to them"

Usagi took a cookie and devoured it.

"Maybe we should call her on the communicator." Ami suggested.

Usagi reached into her pocket and pulled out the thin pink plastic.

"Minako-chan, you there? Pick up!" Usagi said wiping the crumbs off her mouth with her sleeve.

The screen remained scrambled.

"Oh wow, that's odd! She's not picking up." Usagi worried. "She always does"

"Maybe we should go to her house to see what's up." Makoto said as she stuffed a rice ball into her mouth.

"Seems like a good idea, but I have an exam next period." Ami said.

"Well I think me and Mako-chan should go, we'll call you if anything comes up, okay?" Usagi said.

"Sure." Ami said.

The bell rang, for the pupils to resume their classes. But Makoto and Usagi walked down the street to Minako's apartment.

"I hope she's alright." Makoto said puzzled.

"Me too." Usagi replied.

The two teen-aged warriors walked up the steps to the blonde's apartment. Usagi rang the bell. Waiting for a response, Makoto peeked into the window.

"Do you see anything?" Usagi asked.

Makoto covered her face around her eyes for a better look, "Nothing, it's dark. Like she hasn't been here for...days"

"Okay, this isn't funny anymore! Minako! Open up!" Usagi began pounding on the door, "Please, Minako if you're in there please open the door!"

A pair of arms enclosed themselves around Usagi. She looked at Makoto who was two feet in front of her. Wailing, she ripped herself from the unfamiliar arms and turned around putting her arms up ready to fight.

A beautiful blond with a red ribbon in her hair stood there with a smile.

"Hey Usagi-chan. Shouldn't you guys be in school right now?" Minako asked.

Usagi's eyes teared up as she jumped back into the arms. "Oh, Minako-chan! We were soooo worried about you!" Usagi sobbed.

"Oh Usagi, you're so emotional. Calm down, I'm alright."

"We tried to contact you on the communicator, but you never answered." Makoto said.

"Why? You guys sensing anything?" Minako became serious and worried.

"No, we just got real worried because you never showed up for school, so we cut after lunch to see what was wrong." Makoto said.

"Oh, I forgot my communicator when I left this morning, I'm sorry I didn't mean to worry you guys." Minako opened the door.

The three girls walked in, Makoto and Usagi sat on the couch while Minako walked into the Kitchen and put a teapot on the stove.

"So where were you Minako-chan?" Usagi inquired.

They heard a crash in the kitchen. Usagi and Makoto looked at each other and walked into the kitchen to investigate. There they saw Minako on her knees picking up the pieces of a teacup.

"Minako? Are...you okay?" Usagi asked her gently.

"Yeah, I'm alright." Minako lied.

"Are you sure? If you need anything... you know you can talk to us." Makoto reassured.

"I know, I'm just not ready to talk about it yet." Minako said.

Usagi picked up the broom and dustpan, and handed it to Makoto. Makoto began sweeping when Usagi said, "We'll be ready when you need to talk."

Minako smiled as she threw away the broken pieces, "Thanks, guys."

"Maybe we should get a hold of Ami-chan, and tell her Minako-chan's okay." Makoto said as she put the broom away.

"Yeah, sounds good. What time is it, anyway?" Usagi asked while getting her communicator out of her skirt pocket. Minako looked at the clock on her wall, "It's ten after two. School should be getting out soon."

"I'll call her when school gets out, it's only forty minutes. I'll get her before she heads to Cram School." Usagi held onto the pink plastic.

They walked back into the living room and sat at the table where Minako has her meals.

"OH! Me and Luna had an interesting conversation last night, Minako-chan." Usagi started, as she put the communicator on the table.

"Really? About what? Mamoru-chan?" she giggled.

"Funny. No, about Sailor Senshi!" Usagi said.

Minako's eyes lit up, "What? Please don't tell me... we have enemies again."

"Noooo, I told Luna that it was impossible for the eleven of us to be the only ones that are fighting to protect the peace on Earth. And Luna said that it was impossible for there to be anymore of us to be fighting, or

we would have come across them by now"

"So do you think that there really are Sailor Senshi out there?" Minako asked Usagi.

"Sure, seems logical." Usagi answered.

The teapot began to whistle. Minako stood up excusing herself she walked into the kitchen.

"I wonder where Minako has been this morning." Usagi quietly whispered to Makoto.

"I'm not sure but she will come to us if she wants us to know. Minako-chan wouldn't hide anything from us intentionally. Unless it was totally serious." Makoto assured.

"Hmm, but still. I am worried." Usagi peered into the kitchen from the table hearing Minako fiddle around in the kitchen.

The blond girl with the red ribbon walked back into the room with Usagi and Makoto still sitting at her table.

Minako sat down and poured the tea for her fellow soldiers, "So what else did you discuss about the possible Senshi, how would we go about finding them"

Usagi took a sip of her hot tea, "That I'm not sure of, maybe Luna has something, a wand of some type, like when we had to find the Rainbow Crystals"

"That sounds interesting, Usagi-chan." Makoto said as she stirred her tea.

"Or maybe Rei can do a reading to see if she can find something, too." Minako said.

"Hey! That's a good idea!" Usagi yelled.

Minako giggled, "Hey, should you call Ami now"

"Sure." Usagi pulled out her communicator.

"Ami! You there? School's out now!" Usagi chimed.

Ami answered, "Hey Usagi, did you find Minako-chan yet?" "Yeah we found her, she's alright. I figured I'd tell you, I'm gonna try to get a hold of Rei later, so call when you get out of Cram School"

"Okay, Ami out"

The screen scrambled. Usagi placed it back into the pocket of her skirt.

"Oh! Minako I should scold you for not taking your communicator earlier today!" Usagi said.

"I'm sorry, I figured since we haven't had any enemies for the last few weeks that it didn't matter." she confided.

"All I know is I don't want to be fighting youma when I'm forty." Makoto said.

"I don't even want to think about being forty. I'm just happy being sixteen." Minako giggled half seriously.

"Yeah," Usagi laughed, "Same here, that's what I told Luna, too"

"Is there a way we could make a Senshi"

"No, that's impossible, as you girls are, you have to be born with the powers." The girls looked into the doorway of Minako's room to see a white cat stretching with the same crescent mark on his forehead as Luna

does.

"Oh, hello Artemis." Makoto said.

He walked into the room with the three girls are curled up on Minako's lap. As she pet him he purred.

"You have to born a warrior. I'm not saying that you girls are the only protectors, but I'm just saying you can't 'make a Senshi"

"If it is possible, that there is other Senshi out there, then wouldn't Queen Serenity have said something when we were first transported to the Moon so long ago?" Usagi inquired.

"Not necessarily, Usagi." Artemis' green eyes looked into Usagi's.

"She might have wanted you girls to find them on your own. Or maybe she forgot." The white cat said, "You girls weren't there too long before she sent you back to Earth to fight Queen Beryl"

"I hated that battle." Usagi said.

"Me too." Minako and Makoto said together.

"Forgetting though? That doesn't seem like a trait from the Queen of the Moon." Makoto said "Well look at Usagi, she forgets shit all the time!" Minako laughed furiously.

"Hey!" Usagi snapped.

Usagi picked up her pillow that she was sitting on and was ready to beat Minako with it until she heard a voice.

"Usagi! Come in Usagi it is urgent!" they heard Luna coming from Usagi's pocket.

Usagi pulled out her communicator out of her pocket.

"What's wrong Luna?!" Usagi yelled.

"I was just taking a catnap, and I dreamt of something from... the past." the black cat's voice cracked.

"What?" Minako said.

"I dreamt about the Silver Millennium. I was talking to Queen Serenity, and she was talking about the Senshi of Earth"

" 'Senshi of Earth'?!" The girls yelled.

"Yes, I called Ami and Rei. We're meeting at her temple in one hour, don't be late!" The screen went blank. Usagi placed the communicator back into her pocket slowly. "How strange Luna would call at the same

time we were talking about the same thing." Makoto pondered.

"Freaky." Minako stated.

"Let's go, I want to know about this right now." Usagi said firmly.

The girls and the white cat left Minako's and headed for Rei's temple