Usagi was tired. Fighting that youma from last night had exhausted her. Considering that she was almost killed, it was almost jarring. She found it hard to sleep since she was chosen to become a superheroine. Yesterday was already bad enough. First she gets insulted by some jerk about failing that test, then gets kicked out (temporarily) by her mom for failing said test, and she gets chosen by a talking cat called Luna to become Sailor Moon. She wished that it was all a dream but when she found that accursed brooch by her desk, she realized that it was all too real. She should've been careful what she wished for. Still, the thought of facing youma this dangerous made her nervous.

But that guy...

There was one thing that came out well from yesterday. Her savior in black armor. He had eyes as red as the sunset, but wore a scarf as white as snow. He looked really menacing and if he were on the opposite side, it would've been difficult to imagine how the scenario would've played out. Instead, he fought off that youma and tried to take down those mind-controlled victims without trying to hurt them. If it weren't for him, she wouldn't have been able to rescue Naru and deliver the finishing blow to the youma.

Who was he?

Then there was another guy who was also there. A black tuxedo with an eye mask. He was standing by the high window, watching the entire battle unfold. Just what were his motives? It couldn't be a coincidence.

And he threw a rose...

The rose looked very harmless, other than the thorns. It was first thrown by the man in the tuxedo. However, the scarf guy caught it. And he gave it to her. It was as if he checked to see if it was safe as a gift.

She placed her hands on her cheeks as she thought this sudden love triangle. There were hearts in her eyes as these two mysterious heroes fought for her heart while they also battled evil together. It was like every shojo manga she had read!

"Usagi!"

The odango girl snapped her head up as she saw Miss Haruna's glare right in front of her. Whoops! She was asleep again! Can you blame her? Class was so boring!

"Outside now!" The teacher ordered.

"B-but..." Usagi weakly protested.

"Now!" She affirmed.

The girl began to mope as she walked out. Tsubasa was sitting by the corner, facepalming at how she was supposed to be the heroine Sailor Moon.

Oh, he knew that Usagi was the Warrior of Love and Justice. Nobody could ever pull off the blonde odango twintails. Fortunately for him, she didn't seem to recognize him since he wore a full-scale helmet.

It was still baffling as to how people don't seem to recognize her. Magical properties? Who knew? All that mattered is that there were villains on the loose and he needs as much help as he can get to defeat them.


Tsubasa was riding back to his house on his bicycle. Even when fatigued, the breeze really went through his hair.

"Tsubasa!"

The pinkette braked as he turned to see Usagi catching up to him.

"Usagi-san, what's up?" he greeted.

"No need to call me 'san'. Usagi is fine," she told him.

"Really?" he asked.

"Of course! We're friends, aren't we?"

Were they friends? Acquaintances, yes. But friends? That's a bit of a stretch since he just met her since yesterday. However, she seemed to be someone that was happy to make friends with. Friends was okay. However, he needed to take it slow in order to make sure the trust was strong.

"I thought we were acquaintances," he mused.

"Aw, don't be like that!" she said cheerfully. "We are buddies!"

Tsubasa sweatdropped as they walked along the street.

"It's finally great to walk back with another 'go-home' club partner," Usagi remarked.

"I thought Naru was your 'go-home' club partner," Tsubasa said.

"Who says that I can't have more than one partner?" she said with a grin. Can't argue with that.

Suddenly, they caught sight of a booth. A fortune telling booth. It was a rather kindly old man in priest robes.

"What happened here? There's usually a long line," Usagi wondered.

The fortune teller laughed. "I guess it's because there's competition. Look,"

The young teens turned around to see a place called the Fortune House.

"It's awfully gaudy," Usagi commented.

"Yet it's awfully shady," Tsubasa said. He could feel a dark presence there. "What is it?"

"The beauty from Juubangai," the fortune teller answered.

"Is it the same kind of fortune telling that you do?" Usagi asked.

"Yes. Everyone likes new things," he sadly said.

"True, but nostalgia is more interesting," Tsubasa remarked.

Usagi placed her hand out. "Can I have a fortune reading?"

The fortune teller smiled as he used his magnifying glass to read her palm. "Hmm...there's a man that likes you right now and it's someone you see all the time."

Unknown to them, Umino had stepped into the Fortune House.

"Woah, I wonder who it is?" Usagi wondered.

Tsubasa places his hand out. "Try me, please,"

The fortune teller examines the boy's hand. "Interesting..."

"What is it?" he asked, curious.

"The web of bonds you will create shall become strong," the fortune teller said cryptically.

"Web of bonds, huh?" Tsubasa mused as Usagi tried to understand.


"I wonder why I got a simple answer while you got a really interesting one?" Usagi wondered as both teens were walking through the street.

"It's just fortune telling," Tsubasa said. "Words can be vague."

"Still, someone that I always see that likes me," Usagi pondered. "Maybe it's..."

She squeed hard to think about it. Her companion rolled his eyes. They had finally arrived at the Game Center Crown, a well known arcade center in all of Juuban.

"What are we doing here?" Tsubasa asked.

"We're waiting for him," Usagi answered.

"Who?" Tsubasa asked.

"Motoki," she answered with a dreamy smile.

"Hey, Usagi-chan," greeted a voice.

Both looked to see a gorgeous blonde young man. He looked a tad bit older than them due to his height, but he had a really charming smile on his face. Motoki Furuhata worked part-time at the Game Center Crown. He also had another part-time job, but that's for another time.

"Perfect timing! I was about to get to work," he said. "Whose your friend? Usually, I see you with Naru,"

"H-Hi, Motoki onii-san!" she greeted. "This is Tsubasa!"

"Nice to meet you, Motoki-san," Tsubasa offered a handshake.

"No need for the formalities," Motoki said as he accepted it. "Any friend of Usagi's is also a friend of mine!"

The boy in the school cap smiled. He was really friendly.

"Say, the new Sailor V game came out. Have you checked it out yet?" Motoki asked as they got inside.

"Not yet!" Usagi answered, despite not having a clue who Sailor V was.


"C'mon, there!" Usagi was struggling in the game as Tsubasa was watching. So far, her character defeated an ogre and jumped over a worm. Unfortunately, she was killed by a dragon.

"Oh, game over?!" she exclaimed in frustration. Tsubasa winced.

"It really is hard, isn't it?" Motoki asked.

Usagi sheepishly smile. "Eh heh, yeah."

Motoki sat next to her and entered a token. "Here, I'll show you how to play,"

"No..." she tried to insist, but she had realized that she touched his hands.

"It's alright," Motoki said. "My treat."

The odango girl was blushing with a smile. Tsubasa snickered. As the game clerk was demonstrating how to play the game, Usagi felt her heart beating faster. She felt nervous, but she was also happy to be seated next to her crush.

Tsubasa noticed a cat nearby. It was the same black cat he encountered last night. Looking closer, the cat had a crescent sign on it's head.

Usagi suddenly noticed the cat. "Luna, what are you doing here?"

So the cat's name was Luna, Tsubasa thought.

"It's been around here lately. I wonder if it's a stray?" Motoki asked.

Tsubasa smirked at the cute glare the cat was giving before it pounced on Usagi's uniform.

"H-hey, what are you doing?!" Usagi panicked as she tried to shake Luna off. "Stop it! Okay, I'm going! I'm going!"

She picked up her school bag. "I've gotta go now,"

"Oh, but we're still in the middle of the game," Motoki said with a smile.

"I can take over," Tsubasa said as he sat on the chair to play the game.

"Don't worry, I'll come back again," Usagi said. "Bye, Tsubasa!" With that, she left the place.

"I'll be waiting. I feel good every time I see your face," Motoki said while Tsubasa gave a wave. Unknown to them, Usagi was blushing up a storm as she left. The clerk looked over and was startled at the game's progress. "Final boss already? That was fast."

The average arcade game has about six to eight stages. Usagi left when Motoki reached stage three. Tsubasa was on the seventh and final boss.


Tsubasa was normally a modest guy, but he felt like a king when he got the high score. He was walking back home feeling rather jubilant. However, that might soon fade away when he returned home.

Suddenly, he heard some grumpy grumbling around. He turned to see that it was the same guy who pointed out the bike rack. The guy's eyes meet with his.

"Hey, you're that guy from yesterday," he said as he went to greet Tsubasa.

"Yeah," was what the boy muttered.

"I see you still have your bike," he said with a playful smile. "Find any bike racks?"

The ravenette chuckled. "Of course. Won't make that same mistake again,"

"So what brings you out here?" the older boy asked.

"Well, I was returning back home," Tsubasa answered "What about you? For someone so smartly dressed, you must've been really busy."

"I was just passing along. I better go back now," he said as he walked passed. "By the way, my name's Mamoru in case we ever meet again."

"Tsubasa," was all the boy said as he went on his way.

Tsubasa, I'll remember that..., Mamoru thought. Still, he was suspicious of the Fortune House.


The next day, Tsubasa was walking to school as usual. Nothing interesting was lost or found. However, he still had a lingering feeling about what was going on from yesterday.

"Umino-kun, what is that outfit?" the voice of Ms. Haruna was heard as Tsubasa went to see what was the commotion.

Gurio Umino was wearing a monkey suit (he said that instead of business because the suit Umino wore looked tacky) while Usagi and Naru were looking bewildered. The bespectacled boy's response was to take out his lunch and eat it.

"What are you thinking?" the teacher looked irate.

The boy ignored her and walked passed her, but not before tossing the teacher's skirt up in the air. Ms. Haruna yelled in horror as the back of her panties was a sight to behold.

"I'm thinking of that!" Umino answered in a snide tone as he laughed mischievously. Tsubasa could feel darkness omitting from him.

The two girls were still stunned at this turn of events while their teacher still look horrified, blush on her face.

"WAAAH!" she bawled as she crumpled to the floor. "No one will marry me now!"

"Why did Umino-san do that?" Tsubasa whispered to Usagi and Naru.

"I dunno," Naru answered. "He's usually a timid and shy boy, but now he's pulled a 180."

"And he asked me on a date," Usagi added, a look of disdain on her face.

"Tsubasa-kun, don't tell me you saw that!" Ms. Haruna asked in a griefstricken tone.

Tsubasa shifted his eyes quickly, before he shook his head rapidly while pulling his cap down over his eyes. Usagi and Naru narrowed their eyes at the quick denial. Nevertheless, their teacher was still sobbing uncontrollably.


During class, all the students were looking at Umino's new crass behavior. He was reading manga while laughing out loud. Ms. Haruna was on the verge of a breaking point as she tried to write on the chalkboard. Umino's next laugh had made her snap her chalk.

"That is enough!" she exclaimed, though her cheeks were still blushing from the morning's events. She tried to walk up to Umino, but she fell over. She looked up to see another student as the culprit.

"What are you doing, Yuuji-kun?!" she asked with an angry look on her face.

"Sensei, you're supposed to walk quietly in the classroom," Yuuji answered with a sneer.

"What did you say?!" she questioned, her anger rising as Umino was laughing at his teacher's blunder.

Usagi look puzzled, but Tsubasa was suspicious.


After class, Tsubasa was helping clean up the classroom as Ms. Haruna gathered her things. He volunteered to stay back to make sure his teacher was coping.

"Are you alright, sensei?" Tsubasa asked.

"I'm fine, Tsubasa-kun," his teacher answered. "I don't know what's gotten into those two. They're usually quiet and well-behaved students,"

"I think it's a rebellious phase," the pinkette said. "Don't worry about it,"

"I hope so too," she sighed as she looked at her student. "I hope you don't act like them,"

"Why? Afraid I might drop out?" he remarked with a smirk.

"Don't you ever do that," she warned. "What would I say if one of my favorite students became a vagrant?"

"So I'm one of your favorites?" he said with a grin.

"Oi, don't make fun of me!" she chided playfully.

"Sorry, sorry," he said with a smile.

Suddenly, they heard glass shattering. Worried, they both ran up to the windows to check out the commotion.

"Hey, what are you doing?!" A male teacher yelled as a group of boys were throwing stones at the window. One of them was Umino.

"This has gone too far!" Ms. Haruna exclaimed as she went down to stop this mess. Tsubasa's eyes had widened. He could feel darkness within those boys.

He ran as well, though much faster and using a shorter route. When he got there, he saw Usagi and Naru confronting Umino.

"What are you doing? Stop this now!" Usagi exclaimed to the bespectacled boy.

He smirked as he grabbed onto Usagi's shoulders. "Hey, Usagi! How about a kiss?"

Usagi's lips trembled before she burst into tears. "I don't like it when you're like this!"

"Oi!" Tsubasa exclaimed as he went to separate the two. "What do you think you're doing?"

Usagi's bawling, however, had so many decibels that it caused Naru, Umino and the other boys to cover their eyes.

"Let's get outta here!" Umino ordered as he and his gang ran off.

Tsubasa turned to Usagi as he gently tried to calm her down. "Ssh...Usagi, they're gone already."

The odango girl's wailing slowly died down into sniffs. "T-Tsubasa?"

"Yeah, it's me and Naru-san," he said with both he and Naru giving a reassuring smile.

The blonde girl sniffed and dried off her tears before giving a smile. "I feel better now. Thanks."

Naru could only facepalm from that episode while Tsubasa gave a soft laugh. However, his smile turned into a frown. If his suspicions are right, he knew where to go.


"You have done well," said the fortune teller Balm, as the boys in front of her lined up like soldiers. "Now go and wreak havoc around the town!"

"Yes, mistress," Umino said.

"What's worse than old men being envious of youth and popularity, are those that think nothing of people's feelings!"

Everyone looked at the front door, where the voice was coming from.

"Who's there?" Balm demanded.

The door slammed open as there stood Sailor Moon.

"Sailor warrior of love and justice, Sailor Moon!" she announced, doing her trademark pose.

"Sailor Moon?" Balm questioned.

"In the name of the moon, I will punish you!" Sailor Moon exclaimed as she got ready.

Balm prepared a deck of tarot cards and tossed them at her target. Sailor Moon was lucky enough to duck as they ended up sticking on the wall behind her. She was even luckier that another card almost cut her face.

"Hey, watch it!" the heroine shouted, looking annoyed.

"You don't have time for that!" Luna reminded from behind the door.

"Oh, yeah."

The elegant and mysterious looking Balm transformed into a demonic youma, reminiscent of a gorgon. "Get her!"

The boys turned zombified as they began to pounce on the heroine. Sailor Moon looked terrified as she ran from them.

"Noooo!" she screamed as the boys ran after her before they had her cornered.

"If you get any closer, you're going to get hurt!" Sailor Moon warned. However, she was outnumbered. She closed her eyes to brace for the impact.

"DYAH!"

"ARGH!" Balm yelled as she was attacked.

Sailor Moon's eyes opened wide as she looked over to see a familiar face.

It's him!

The scarf knight had arrived on time.

"Another intruder?" Balm slowly got up. "How dare you?!"

The armored warrior slowly got up and got into a battle stance.

"You!" Sailor Moon called out in joy. He turned to her with a nod. Suddenly, Balm let out another yell of pain. A rose that shot right at her, which caused her control to be broken.

"Looks like I made it on time."

Everyone turned to see the man in the tuxedo, arms crossed as he stood by the door.

"And who are you?!" Balm demanded, looking more irritated at these interferences. It was bad enough that there were two annoyances. Now there was a third annoyance that made her lose control.

"I am Tuxedo Mask and your control is now broken," he turned to Sailor Moon with a smile. "Don't give up, no matter how hard it is, Sailor Moon. You even have allies to fight by your side."

Sailor Moon smiled brightly. "Okay!"

Tuxedo Mask began to exit. "We'll meet again soon,"

"Thank you, Tuxedo Mask!" Sailor Moon called out with hearts in her eyes.

"RAARGH!" Balm roared as she lunged at Sailor Moon from behind. Before the heroine turned around, the youma was suddenly brought down by the scarfman.

"Mr. Scarfman!"

He began punching away before Balm's claw hair grabbed onto him and threw him like a ragdoll. Unfortunately for her, this ragdoll knew how to land on his feet. Balm took out another deck of cards before tossing them at her target. The armored warrior formed a circular shield in front of him, deflecting the fatal cards. Balm began to attack him with her claw hair. The scarfman began to dodge each attack before knocking his opponent down with a cartwheel kick.

Getting up, he crossed his arms right in front of him, causing energy to be formed. He began to stick his arms out in a cross formation before spreading it out separately. He raised his right hand up high before sticking it in an L-shape, causing a ray of energy to fire towards Balm.

As the youma got up, she did not see a ray of energy coming towards her as screamed in agony before it exploded on her.

BOOM!

Sailor Moon watched in awe at her ally's ability, but Luna had a speculative look. She wondered where she had seen this ability before. Balm began to disintegrate and all that was left of her was dust and a tarot card before they disappeared.

The slowly moved out from the possessed boys before they disappeared. The boys blinked and wondered what happened. This was the heroes cue to leave.

"Take care!" Sailor Moon called out before they ran out of the building.

When they finally left, Sailor Moon turned around. "Where did he go?"

Luna looked up into the night sky. Who was this armored knight? It was obvious that he was an ally, but she needed to remember.

From the top of a building stood the armored warrior, his scarf flowing freely in the wind. With one last look, he flew off.


"Huh?! I flipped Ms. Haruna's skirt?!" Umino was in shock as to what happened yesterday.

"Yeah, and you tried to kiss Usagi!" Naru said, not knowing the mortified look on the bespectacled boy's face before he sulked away. "And you threw rocks at the teacher-hey, where are you going?"

"All that's left for me is misery..." Umino mumbled.

"Hi!"

Umino jumped at Usagi's sudden appearance in front of him."U-Usagi...about yesterday..."

The odango girl just smiled. "Don't worry about it!"

Umino perked up. "You're right! I shouldn't worry about it. You're always okay when you get bad grades on your tests after all!"

Usagi's eye twitched.

"I need to be more like you!" the bespectacled boy declared as he walked off.

"Sheesh! He doesn't know the trouble I go through!" Usagi exclaimed, looking irate. Sure he meant well, but he can be a bit blunt and insensitive.

Suddenly, the school bell rang.

"Oh, no!" Usagi was late! She ran, though she tripped over a crack "WAAH!"

CRASH!

"Owie!" Usagi muttered as she tried to rub her pain away.

"Need a hand?" the odango girl looked up to see Tsubasa with his bicycle, offering the girl up.

She smiled and graciously took it while she got up. "Thanks, Tsubasa!"


Episode two is complete! With a lot of episodes in the Sailor Moon show, I'm trying to cut down the filler a bit. Which filler episodes would you want to see?