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Act Two

Minako walked towards the Arcade where she was to meet Usagi, Makoto and Ami. Minako felt wobbly as she carried on walking. After waking up from her unconscious state, she listened to Artemis who told her about her past life. He then gave her back most of her memories. Now she knew she was Sailor Venus, a Sailor Guardian and protector of the Moon Princess. Her task was to find this Moon Princess who would have the Legendary Silver Crystal, a power so great that it could destroy worlds. All this Minako had to take in and accept. Her whole world had been turned upside down; she was no longer simply Aino Minako, an aspiring singer. No, she had a greater responsibility. Did she want it?

She tugged at her blue quarter length jeans and then fiddled with her orange vest top. She was Sailor Venus, a Sailor Senshi from the planet Venus. All this should sound strange to her but funnily enough she felt at peace with the knowledge. When Artemis had given her the transformation pen that would enable her to become Sailor Venus, she was surprised at how light it felt in her hand. Surely something so powerful should weigh heavier, right? She knew it was a silly thought considering how massive a change this was to her future, but still, shouldn't it have been heavier?

She had to stop and breathe.

'Ok, so you have a talking cat at home who has a serious attitude problem and you are also some intergalactic reincarnation of a warrior, defender of some Moon Princess from the Moon Kingdom, no, doesn't sound crazy at all' Minako wanted to run, run and scream. This wasn't how she thought her life would turn out. What happened to her dreams? What happened to what she wanted out of life? Regaining her composure, Minako found herself standing outside the arcade.

'Come on Minako, snap out of it! Slap on your happiest smile and pretend the world is NORMAL!' Minako smiled widely when she saw Motoki, the gorgeous manager of the Crown Arcade, waving at her and then pointing to where Usagi was sat with she presumed to be Kino Makoto and Mizuno Ami.

'Here goes' Minako mentally calmed herself down again and allowed the happy-go-lucky girl to take over while the more serious stuff could take a back seat. Somehow, seeing Usagi's warm expression made everything better.

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She wished she had friends like that. Hino Rei had decided to go for a walk, away from the window of the Crown Arcade and away from her duties as a miko in training and just simply enjoy the warm weather. But she was alone. She couldn't escape that fact. Dressed in a red top and jeans Rei had noticed many men stop and stare at her. What did they care about the fact that inside she was hurting, feeling lost and wondering what her purpose in life was?

'Damn it Rei you're a teenager, should you be thinking about stuff like that?' Rei berated herself as she carried on walking. The area was quiet, peaceful which was strange for a Saturday.

'Maybe I should head home' Rei thought as she spun on her heel and bumped into what appeared to be a solid wall. When she heard a grunt however, she knew she had bumped into someone. It was a boy and he was on the flow rubbing his chest. Rei could only make out the messy blonde curls of his hair before he looked up towards her with piercing blue eyes. Rei felt her breathing pick up as he got up and started to dust himself off.

"A simple sorry would suffice you know" Rei was snapped from her thoughts by his words. His voice, and his face, she was sure she had met him before but how? And where? The boy looked at her curiously before waving a hand in front of her face. Rei instantly slapped his hand away.

"Hey, what the hell are you doing?!" Rei snipped. The boy looked sternly at her before backing away.

"You bumped into me and didn't even apologise, now you're yelling at me" he stated. Rei felt her face go red from embarrassment, damn it she really had been lost in her thoughts.

"Well, you should apologise to me, I am a fragile girl you know" Rei said folding her arms and taking a strong stance. He had been taken aback by such a comment. She didn't look fragile to him and surely it didn't matter whether she was a girl or not, she had bumped into him!

"You know what, never mind, it was an accident. I am Hishira Jun'ichi, it was nice meeting you…." Jun'ichi waited for Rei to say her name. She looked at him incredulously, what, he wasn't content with forcing her to bump into him, now he wanted her name?

"Hino Rei" Rei said quietly, still folding her arms. Jun'ichi found himself chuckling softly before walking ahead of her.

"Have a nice day Hino-san" Jun'ichi said waving his hand with his back towards her. Rei blushed before stumping back home.

'The nerve of that ridiculously handsome boy' Rei cursed as she carried on walking ignoring the odd stares people were giving her.

As Rei continued walking, she stopped when a young sandy haired man stood in front of her, looking at her intently. What was it with her today and attracting handsome guys?!

"Hmmm, interesting" he said before walking off. Rei then saw a teal haired girl appear, looking at Rei curiously before they both left. Rei was fuming now until she came to an abrupt stop.

'Wasn't that the famous race car drive, Tenoh Haruka…then that other girl was Kaioh Michiru!' Rei spun around but saw that they had gone.

"She is interesting" Michiru said as they carried on their leisurely pace.

"Yes, she was, I feel we are connected to her somehow, like those other two girls, Setsuna and Hotaru. She is someone important" Haruka said. Michiru agreed fully and made a mental note to do some digging on this new person. There was a certain aura about her that was very familiar.

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"Ami, you have to study with me if we're gonna be friends, you're like the smartest person I have ever met!" Minako said making Ami blush a little at such a compliment.

"And you have to try one of Makoto's bento's, they're to die for" Usagi added. Makoto smiled at Usagi as the four girls continued talking. Minako had long forgotten her worries as she was now engrossed in such happy conversations. She felt they were all going to be great friends, but still, she felt as if someone was missing and she couldn't quite put her finger on who or why.

"Wow, he looks like Sempai" Makoto breathed out as a boy with long, wavy reddish brown hair came into the arcade with a silver haired boy, a boy with long wavy blonde hair and a dark haired guy. A boy with short blonde hair waved them over to come and sit by the spaces he saved. Ami had her eyes blued to the boy with long blonde hair whilst Minako had heart shaped eyes pumping in and out for the silver haired boy. Usagi hadn't really noticed as she tucked into her strawberry milkshake. She fancied a chocolate one now.

"They're sitting next to, oooh what's his name….Hishira-san and that's Himi-san with them…so who are those three hunks then?" Minako breathed out as the five young men sat down, oblivious to every female eye on them. Usagi looked up but didn't see what they were looking at; instead she got up and went over to her crush, Motoki.

"Ah Usagi-chan, wait just a moment I need to go see the guys over there" Motoki said but he was stopped when the dark haired one came. Usagi spun around thinking she would go back to sit down when she pumped into the dark haired man.

"Ayaah!" Usagi screamed as she nearly fell to the ground. Thankfully, the dark haired man grabbed her hand and stopped her from falling, even though his chest was killing him now.

"You should watch where you are going, or are you trying to give me Odango's like yours?" a dark, melodious voice made Usagi look up at her rather tall presumed attacker. His deep oceanic blue eyes had her frozen on the spot for a while. He still held her hand as he too seemed lost in her own bright blue eyes. She felt her heart rate quicken but then she had caught on to what he called her and snatched her hand away. She huffed at him much to his confusion and then amusement.

"Don't call me that!, they're not Odango's" Usagi said almost childishly. Her face looked so cute when she was angry that he couldn't help himself, he didn't care that the whole arcade was now staring at them.

"Well, they sure look like Odango's and it appears you want me to have them as well" he said in his dark, delicious voice. Usagi was struggling not to fall into his arms, he had to be the most good-looking guy she had ever seen and yet, hadn't she just admitted to herself that she had a long term crush on Motoki.

"They are not Odango's! Can't you see?!" Usagi screamed out, her face turning a little red. She heard the four guys at the table across from her friends' chuckle as the dark haired man leaned in a little closer.

"Ok, whatever you say Odango" his seductive voice really made Usagi's stomach do backflips.

"Come on Mamoru, stop teasing her" Motoki said in a half joking half serious tone. Mamoru smirked at Usagi and then backed away. Usagi stumped her feet and walked back to her seat, forgetting her chocolate shake.

"JERK FACE!" Usagi yelled her back towards Mamoru. Mamoru laughed at that. Never before in his life had he spent so much time with a girl.

Ami, Minako and Makoto were looking at Usagi wide eyed as she sat down and huffed.

"Who does he think he is walking in here like he owns the place and making fun of my hair" Usagi said still seething at the name Mamoru-jerk face had used.

"Usagi-chan, didn't you notice how he was looking at you?" Minako asked giggling when Usagi's face went red.

"I must apologise for my friend, he is not normally so rude" Minako froze, damn it if that was the voice of the silver haired guy then she was on her way to truly being in love. She looked up, yep, it was him. Usagi looked at him and then looked across towards Mamoru. She then stuck out her tongue at him and then continued to fold her arms.

"She's a live-wire isn't she' Jun'ichi winked at Mamoru.

"She's a child" Mamoru said, loud enough for Usagi to hear.

"You're such a…" Ami placed her hand on Usagi's mouth, stopping her from saying anything else.

"Mamoru-san, you never act like this with girls, I must admit, I am surprised" Fumio, the boy with the long wavy blonde hair said trying to not stare at the blue haired beauty he had a massive crush on. Sure, he was always in competition with her but he couldn't help but be attracted to her intelligence and simple kind looks. Arata had managed to lock eyes with Makoto and he wasn't going to let go. He inwardly laughed when it appeared Makoto wasn't going to back down and shy away. He liked that.

"Don't worry about Usa-chan, she's just a little grumpy today" Minako lied ignoring the incredulous, betrayed look on Usagi's face as Ami continued to stop Usagi was cursing. The silver haired man took the opportunity to really look at this stunning blonde and appreciate her. Minako seemed to have a sunny disposition and strangely, he liked it.

"I think my friend was a little grumpy today too, he studies too hard" Mamoru nearly spat out his coffee when he heard what his best friend Katashi said. Grumpy, since when was he grumpy? They weren't at school or anything. Minako inwardly laughed when she saw Jun'ichi glare at Mamoru as he wiped a little bit of stray coffee off his shirt. Motoki could only stand and stare at his friends as they interacted with Usagi's friends. Usagi and Mamoru kept up their death glares with each other, much to Mamoru's amusement he might add, they all seemed like they had been friends for years. This simply was not normal. Shrugging his shoulders, Motoki prepared a chocolate shake for Usagi, he had guessed that was the original reason why she came to him before Mamoru interrupted the peace.

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Usagi was still steaming when she got on the bus. Ami wanted to go to the library to study whilst Minako and Makoto walked towards the same direction.

'Who does he think he is coming into the place calling me Odango with his dreamy eyes and….' Usagi furiously shook the thoughts out of her head making passengers on the same bus look at her oddly.

"Do you think she's mad?" an old lady asked her husband as they sat down staring at the strange blonde. Usagi felt embarrassed and the moment the bus stopped she got off not caring where she was. As the bus drove off she realised she was still a little way away from home, but it was within walking distance she supposed. She then looked behind her and saw she was outside the Hikawa Shrine.

'Doesn't that girl I saw the other day live here?' Usagi wondered as she subconsciously started to walk in towards the shrine. As she walked she heard two crows squawking at her, looking as if they were going to attack her. It was quiet, there was no-one else around.

'Do they think I mean harm?' Usagi questioned too herself, not noticing a young woman dressed in her traditional miko in training uniform of white and red.

"Can I help you?" Usagi spun around to see who had that mysterious voice. Usagi caught her breath as she looked at the very girl she had wanted to see. Usagi couldn't help but blush. She had such beautiful violet eyes, she looked like royalty. The young lady looked at the Odango'd girl and rolled her eyes a little.

"Can I help you? I am Hino Rei, priestess in training. Do you want some charms?" Rei asked. Usagi blushed even more as she nodded and then followed Rei towards the shrine itself where there was a little stand with different charms. Rei took another look at the girl and felt a shiver run down her back. Why did she feel as if she knew this girl?

"My name is Tsukino Usagi, but you can just call me Usagi" Usagi said beaming as she looked at the charms.

"Huh?" Rei uncharacteristically said. She then chided herself that she had been caught out wondering about Usagi.

"You can call me Usagi, you told me your name but I didn't tell you mine" Usagi said picking up a charm. Rei nodded and for the first time in a long time, she wondered whether she might be able to have a friend her. A real friend. Would this Tsukino Usagi be a real friend to her.

"So, you want to be a Priestess, I think that is amazing" Usagi said making Rei blush. Usagi then put the charm back and then looked at Rei still smiling.

"I would like to come back with my friends, Minako, Ami and Makoto, I think they'll love your charms" Usagi said. Rei nodded as she watched Usagi start to leave. Suddenly, Rei started to feel lonely. Why did Usagi have to go now?

"I'll stop by tomorrow Hino-san" Usagi called after Rei.

"Just call me Rei" Rei shouted back, giving Usagi a small smile and not knowing why she felt impelled to become more familiar with Usagi.

"OK Rei-chan, see you tomorrow!" Usagi called as she left. Rei smiled again as she looked back towards the charms.

'She called me Rei-chan…..does that mean she is my friend?' Rei thought as she decided to go inside. She couldn't wait for tomorrow now.

xxx

Ayaka was due to go for a school trip soon so she started packing her things away.

'Right, so that's my underwear…bra…jeans….t-shirt….deodorant….shampoo…hmmm' Ayaka wondered as she looked inside her large wardrobe. She lived by herself having a benefactor for an uncle. Her friend were meant to stop by soon so she knew she would need to get some drinks. She was going on a day trip to Mt Mtake. She had heard there was a 'Rock Garden' which she was looking forward to seeing. Of course her friends were coming and they were going to stay over with her. Ayaka was so excited.

She then thought about her last trip to a ruin near a place called D-Point. She had ventured off alone when she came across a dark, damp cave. Something was calling out to her. She didn't know what it was but she felt drawn to it. All the other school students were busy listening to their teacher showing them some old rock. As she went inside the cave she subconsciously went deeper and deeper in until she was surrounded by nothing but darkness.

'I better head back' she thought to herself until something gleamed at the corner of her eye. She looked towards her left side and saw a large rock with a silver and gold crest. It had a crescent moon symbol on it. She gently touched it, why did this symbol look so familiar. Upon touching it, the rock moved and started to shatter. The whole place started to shake and Ayaka found herself lying flat on the ground frightened that she would die. A dark aura filled the cave and a formless figure grew in size and looked down at Ayaka. Its laughter shook Ayaka to the core as she refused to meet the gaze of whatever force was looking down at her.

"I have finally found you Beryl" and just like that, Ayaka had passed out.

Ayaka wasn't sure if what she saw actually happened. When she woke up, she was outside the cave surrounded by her fellow students asking after her health. She asked them if they felt some sort of earthquake. The odd looks she had received had told her their thoughts; they believed she must have hit her head pretty hard. Now back in her own home, she truly felt that it had been all a nightmare. Musing to herself, she went into her bathroom as she forgot her facial wipes.

'Maybe I am going crazy' Ayaka thought before suddenly unleashing a massive scream. Looking back at her from her bathroom mirror was a red haired woman with red coloured eyes glaring at her.

"Hello Beryl, you have slept long enough, it is time to find the Silver Crystal and our Prince Endymion" the woman said. Ayaka covered her face with her hands as she was hit with an onslaught of memories. Her appearance began to change as she fell to the ground. The force that had been at that cave was now calling out to her. It then saw four unsuspecting girls knocked on Ayaka's door. The girls never saw any of it coming.