A/N: Yes, a long overdue chapter, but better than the last one. I was working on the other fanfic I've got. Yeah, so I still don't own Sailor Moon...my bad. Just another thing on my to-do list.

Chapter 2

Usagi yawned as she pushed open the doors of the Game Center Crown.

"What do you know, she can be on time." laughed Makoto. She leaned casually against the counter, sipping from a cup.

"Ugh, not by choice. Mamoru set so many alarms on my stupid cell phone, I couldn't even go back to sleep in peace. Not like I didn't try." she grumbled as she sat in the usual booth. The bell over the Arcade's door chimed cheerfully as Usagi's boyfriend Mamoru entered.

"I'm so glad my plan worked. Otherwise, I would've had to get you myself." Mamoru smirked.

"Your evil plan only worked because I didn't know how to turn that stupid thing off. It's my second day with that phone." Usagi sighed & put her head on top of her folded arms. She had been so excited to get a new phone after her old pink phone had finally broken down after 2 years of constant use. But when she couldn't figure out any of the new shortcuts, she gave Mamoru the phone to just put in her friends' numbers. But then he had decided to set many alarms...she would have to pay him back for that. The Arcade's door slammed open & Usagi caught a glimpse of blue hair.

"Everyone, there's been a change of plans. We have to meet up with Rei at the temple. She says she wants to tell us something important." Ami said as she walked towards them. Usagi nodded, Makoto stood up, & Mamoru said he would drive them there.

"Wait, wait Usagi, you need this." Motoki said & gave Usagi a large covered foam cup. She lifted the lid & smiled when she saw it was her favorite chocolate shake she used to have almost everyday before she was Sailor Moon. It seemed like so long ago now...

"Hurry up Usagi." called out Makoto.

"Coming." she replied. "I'll pay you back the next time I come back in." she continued to Motoki.

"Of course." he nodded. Usagi was almost out the door when Motoki called out "Be careful." Usagi nodded & walked outside.

Rei was sitting quietly in front of the fire & seemed oblivious to the everyone's arrival. The others sat down quietly in their usual spots, but Usagi couldn't help but gently touch Rei on the shoulder, to make sure she was ok. The glazed look in her eyes vanished as she blinked & finally saw that the other Scouts were together with her.

"Oh, hello everyone." Rei said. She cleared her throat & continued speaking, "I was asking the fire what these new enemies are & how we could defeat them. What I saw was...well, it's best to say that the strange girl we met last night does seem to know what she's doing. The scenes I saw were random but the girl was involved in all of them."

"But how can we find her? She headed back here to the Azabu-Juuban district, which thankfully isn't a super big city but it's definitely big enough to give us problems trying to find her." Makoto sighed.

"She looked like a foreigner." Minako added helpfully.

"Tourists come & go here often. We'd have to make sure to catch her before she leaves. Hopefully she stays somewhere nearby." Ami mused.

"Well, if this type of enemy appears again, she should come too." Usagi said. Rei nodded slowly & Usagi sighed.

"I think we should spend some time outside. It'll be nice to walk around like we used to, right Rei?" Usagi asked. She didn't like how pale Rei looked-was it because of the visions?

"Yeah, come on Rei! We've figured out as much as we could about that girl & we might even bump into her outside." Minako said.

"Oh, all right." Rei grumbled.

After a lot of begging & pleading, Usagi finally managed to persuade Mamoru to drive her & the girls to the shopping district.

"Oh, thank you Mamo-chan!" she squealed. He mumbled something under his breath as Minako, Ami, Rei, Makoto, & Usagi piled inside. He dropped them off at the nearest clothing store & warned Usagi that he wouldn't pick them up.

"Well, we can spend a night at Minako's or take a bus, I guess." Usagi shrugged. The girls got out of the car & surveyed the shops around them. Mamoru drove back home.

"I heard there was an amazing store around here that specializes in desserts that look as great as they taste." Makoto said.

"I think I'll stick with Makoto." Usagi said.

"Of course you would, food is all you think about." Rei rolled her eyes & the others laughed.

"I heard there was a new bookstore a few blocks away. I'll go check it out." Ami said.

"Do you think they have any magazines? I'll come with you & see if they have the ones I want." Minako said & arm in arm with Ami, walked off with her while continuing to chat with her. Rei watched them walk away with a bemused look.

"What about you Rei?" Usagi asked.

"I guess I'll check out the clothes here. Might as well spend as much of my dad's money as possible." she shrugged & walked off to the nearest clothing boutique.

"I don't know about you Usagi, but I feel a bit hungry. Shall we go to that dessert shop?" Makoto smiled down at Usagi. Usagi laughed at that & they walked over to the shop.

"Look at this one Makoto! It's so pretty & delicate looking." Usagi exclaimed as she looked at the pastry. It was made of pink tinted white chocolate & it looked like fragile ribbons that were folded in the shape of a rose.

"That is pretty nice but I think I like this one more." Makoto replied & pointed to a small round chocolate cake sitting in a pool of white frosting & decorated with chocolate sauce. Usagi was about to respond when she heard rumbling & screams from outside.

"Sounds like trouble." the shopkeeper said. "You girls should go to a safe place."

"Yeah, we'd better go back to your house Usagi." Makoto said.

"Huh? Oh yeah, we'd better hurry." Usagi replied & they ran outside. They couldn't see anything except for screaming people running from the direction that the rumbles were coming from.

"Time to transform." Usagi muttered & Makoto nodded. They headed into a nearby alley & transformed into Sailor Moon & Sailor Jupiter.

"Hey guys, are you near the monsters?" Makoto called to the other Scouts using her communicator.

"I'm here. I'm afraid I've lost Venus in the crowd, but I'm guessing that since the monster is staying stationary, she & Rei must be keeping it busy." Mercury's image wavered into view. It looked like she was on a rooftop or some other high place, because all Makoto could see behind Ami was the sky. Usagi turned her communicator on & contacted Tuxedo Kamen. Then she switched her communicator back to the Scouts & saw that only Ami & Makoto had turned on their communicators-Rei's & Minako's were only broadcasting their positions. Makoto didn't know Usagi could do that with her communicator-she certainly couldn't do that with Sailor Jupiter's.

"We're on our way." Usagi said to Ami with a grim nod.

"So, she wants me to collect energy from those humans? How annoyingly inefficient." the boy on top of the building sighed. He had pale blonde hair that fell into his eyes causing him to constantly push it back from his grey eyes. He had on a dark grey jacket & pants & he kept touching a bracelet on his wrist. A golden feather that turned red on the outside edge dangled from the bracelet. The giant five headed hydra in the main plaza of the shopping district roared its displeasure when the police attempted to shoot off one of its heads. It stomped on one of the cars & the boy peered at the car a little more closely.

"Pity no one was inside. I could have gotten quite a bit of energy from a dying person." he said & looked up at the clouds.

"They s-say you g-get quite a r-rush from it, s-sir." a timid voice piped up from behind the boy. "All of the m-memories & th-thoughts of the person c-can be seen." The boy turned around & looked at the small boy with mousy hair. He looked terrified every time he peered over the edge & was consequently staring fixedly at his green scaly feet.

"Yes, well I've got enough thoughts & memories of my own, thanks." the boy replied. The hydra roared once more & the boy looked back at it. Two women, one in red & another in orange, were attacking the hydra with fire & electric chains. He looked rather bored as the women attacked the hydra ferociously, but the hydra simply tried to step on the women. Then a blue haired, blue suited woman ran to the hydra & created a mist that seemed to slow it down. A woman in a green sailor suit unleashed a dragon shaped bolt of lightning. But it was only when a woman with rather elaborate looking pigtails that were buns on top & a multicolored sailor fuku of blue, red, & yellow appeared that the boy looked at the battle with interest.

"I-is that the t-target? Sh-she's awfully br-bright looking." the small boy said.

"Yeah, she's pretty hard to miss." the blond boy muttered. The new woman had much stronger attacks, but none were strong enough to detach one of the hydra's heads. The other women were trying to protect the one with pigtails, but the hydra wasn't fooled & kept attacking the woman with the pigtails.

"Hey ugly, try fighting me now!" a voice yelled. The boy looked around the plaza with a startled expression & saw a girl in a maid's outfit sitting casually on a ledge of a building on the hydra's right side.

"I'm Rose Maiden & I'm gonna kick your butt!"

A/N: Makoto's dessert is making me kinda hungry now. Well, tell me what you think of this chapter & if I need to work on something (yes, I know the rule-something can always be improved but I want you guys to tell me what exactly). Did I leave you on a cliffhanger? Well, maybe. I'll update faster this time so no worries!